Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any fish of the family Mormyridæ, a peculiar group confined to the fresh waters of Africa. They are commonly called
beaked fishes , from the form of the muzzle, which in some of the species is long and bent downward.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any member of the
family Mormyridae offreshwater elephantfish .
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Examples
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Kramer B (1999) Electric organ discharges of mormyrid fish as a possible cue for predatory catfish.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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