elephantfish

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elephantfish

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noun elephantfish · elephantfishes

A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.
A plownose chimaera, any fish in the not closely related genus Callorhinchus of cartilaginous fish, which uses its fleshy snout to feel for food in sediments and to sense electric fields.

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@misc{elephantfish_2026,
  title = {elephantfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elephantfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}