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numb⋅fish

[nuhm-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.

Origin:
1705–15; numb + fish
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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.
numb·fish   (nŭm'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. numbfish or numb·fish·es
See electric ray.
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