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- noun Plural form of
gymnotus .
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Examples
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Some of these gymnotuses are about the length of a common snake, others are about ten feet long, while others, which, however, are rare, even reach fifteen or twenty feet, and are from eight to ten inches in diameter.
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Two moons, one at three quarters and the other full, shone brightly, while the water was alive with gymnotuses and other luminous creatures.
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Two moons, one at three quarters and the other full, shone brightly, while the water was alive with gymnotuses and other luminous creatures.
A journey in other worlds A romance of the future John Jacob Astor 1888
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Some of these gymnotuses are about the length of a common snake, others are about ten feet long, while others, which, however, are rare, even reach fifteen or twenty feet, and are from eight to ten inches in diameter.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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