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crampfish

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cramp⋅fish

[kramp-fish]
–noun, plural -fish⋅es, (especially collectively) -fish.
electric ray.

Origin:
1585–95; cramp 1 + fish
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cramp·fish   (krāmp'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. crampfish or cramp·fish·es
See electric ray.

[From cramp1 (from its ability to give electric shocks).]
electric ray  
n.  Any of various tropical or subtropical marine fishes of the family Torpedinidae, having a rounded body and a pair of organs capable of producing an electric discharge, which is used to stun or kill prey. Also called crampfish, numbfish, torpedo.
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