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crampfishes

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cramp⋅fish

  [kramp-fish]
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–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).]
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