electric ray meaning

Noun: electric ray

1. Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
   - crampfish, numbfish, torpedo

Derived forms: electric rays

Type of: ray

Part of: family Torpedinidae, Torpedinidae

Encyclopedia: Electric ray

[Medicine]
n : any of various round-bodied short-tailed rays (family Torpedinidae) of warm seas that have a pair of specialized tracts of tissue in which electricity is generated

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1. his blue eyes were boring into space like a powerful electric ray.
2. process : if the compound exposed including uv, electric ray ( uv or mercury lamp ), it started to change its color reversibly
3. Unique amongst electric rays, there are no dorsal fins.
4. Electric rays are found from shallow coastal waters down to at least deep.
5. It and other electric rays are used as model organisms for biomedical research.