numbfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    electric ray; crampfish; torpedo.

WordNet


Numb"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.

Webster 1913