Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Any fish of the family Mormyridæ, a peculiar group confined to the fresh waters of Africa. They are commonly called beaked fishes, from the form of muzzle, which in some of the species is long and bent downward.
Wiktionary
- n. zoology Any member of the family Mormyridae of freshwater elephantfish.
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“Kramer B (1999) Electric organ discharges of mormyrid fish as a possible cue for predatory catfish.”
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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