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electrosensitive

electrosensitive adjective: sensitive to electricity.

Adjective

electrosensitive (comparative more electrosensitive, superlative most electrosensitive)

  1. Sensitive to electricity.
    • Electrosensitive fish, such as sharks and catfish, are able to localize small prey by detection of the weak bioelectric field that these prey emanate.

Forms of electrosensitive

comparativemore electrosensitive
superlativemost electrosensitive

Origin of electrosensitive

From electro- + sensitive.

Questions about electrosensitive

What does electrosensitive mean?
Electrosensitive means sensitive to electricity.
What part of speech is electrosensitive?
Electrosensitive is an adjective.

Words near electrosensitive in the dictionary

  1. electrosensibility
  2. electrosensible
  3. electrosensibles
  4. electrosensing
  5. electrosensitisation
  6. electrosensitive
  7. electrosensitivity
  8. electrosensitization
  9. electrosensitizations
  10. electrosensory
  11. electroseparate

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