gymnotus

See also: Gymnotus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From translingual Gymnotus (genus name).

Noun

gymnotus (plural gymnotuses)

1. (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.