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electric_eel

electric eel

English

an electric eel

Noun

electric eel ‎(plural electric eels)

Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.

Translations

species of fish

Bulgarian: електрическа змиорка f ‎(električeska zmiorka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電鰻 (zh), 电鳗 (zh) ‎(diànmán)
Dutch: sidderaal (nl) m
Finnish: sähköankerias
Georgian: ელექტრული გველთევზა ‎(elekṭruli gveltevza)
German: Zitteraal m
Greek: ηλεκτροφόρο χέλι n ‎(ilektrofóro chéli), (colloquial) μουδιάστρα f ‎(moudiástra)

Greenlandic: nimeriarluk
Japanese: 電気鰻 ‎(デンキウナギ, denkiunagi), 痺鰻 ‎(シビレウナギ, shibireunagi)
Macedonian:
Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí, atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí
Portuguese: enguia-elétrica f, poraquê m, peixe-elétrico (pt) m
Russian: электри́ческий у́горь m ‎(elektríčeskij úgorʹ)
Spanish: anguila eléctrica f
Tamil: மின் விலாங்குமீன் ‎(miṉ vilāṅkumīṉ)