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elephantfishes

elephantfishes is the plural 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.

Questions about elephantfishes

What is elephantfishes the plural of?
Elephantfishes is the plural of elephantfish.

Words near elephantfishes in the dictionary

  1. elephantdom
  2. elephantesque
  3. elephantess
  4. elephantesses
  5. elephantfish
  6. elephantfishes
  7. elephanthood
  8. elephantiac
  9. elephantiacs
  10. elephantiases
  11. elephantiasic

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