ELECTRIC CATFISH

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Meaning:

Freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ

Synonyms:

electric catfish; Malopterurus electricus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("electric catfish" is a kind of...):

silurid; silurid fish (Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin)

Holonyms ("electric catfish" is a member of...):

genus Malopterurus; Malopterurus (electric catfish)