gymnotus
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See also: Gymnotus
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual Gymnotus (genus name).
Noun[edit]
gymnotus (plural gymnotuses)
- (zoology) Any of the genus Gymnotus of electric knifefishes.
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 19:
- You […] arm in waves, electric in his ire, / The dread Gymnotus with ethereal fire.