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elephant fish

elephant fish is the alternative form of elephantfish.

Meaning of elephantfish

Noun

elephantfish (plural elephantfish or elephantfishes)

  1. A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.
  2. 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.

Forms of elephant fish

pluralelephant fishes
pluralelephant fish

Questions about elephant fish

What is elephant fish the alternative form of?
Elephant fish is the alternative form of elephantfish.

Words near elephant fish in the dictionary

  1. elephant dose
  2. elephant doses
  3. elephant ear
  4. elephant ear tree
  5. elephant ears
  6. elephant fish
  7. elephant fishes
  8. elephant foot yam
  9. elephant foot yams
  10. elephant garlic
  11. elephant grass

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