Crampfish

  

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Crampfish

Definition: Crampfish

Crampfish

Noun

1. Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "crampfish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references)


Synonyms: Crampfish

Synonyms: electric ray (n), numbfish (n), torpedo (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Crampfish

Language Translations for "crampfish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Russian 

  

гнюсовый скат. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uyuşturan balık, torpilbalığı (electric ray, torpedo). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Crampfish

Misspellings

"Crampfish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trampish. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Crampfish

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-f-h-i-m-p-r-s"

-2 letters: charism, chimars, chrisma.

-3 letters: capris, chairs, champs, charms, chiasm, chimar, chimps, chirms, chirps, chrism, cramps, crimps, famish, ihrams, marish, mishap, parish, phasic, primas, rachis, racism, raphis, scampi, scarph, scrimp, sharif, shrimp, smirch.

-4 letters: amirs, aphis, apish, aspic, campi, camps, caphs, carpi, carps, chair, champ, chams, chaps, charm, chars, chasm, chias, chimp, chips, chirm.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-f-h-i-m-p-r-s"
 

+4 letters: craftsmanship.

 

+5 letters: craftsmanships.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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