electric eel

English

an electric eel

electric eel (plural electric eels)

(strictly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
(broadly) Any species of the genus Electrophorus.
A plumber's snake powered by electricity.
- 2021, John Martin, Jack and the Jellybean Stalk:
  Katherine put some Coloxyl down the drain, and we booked the plumber to come around the next day to use the electric eel on Jack.

species of fish

Bulgarian: електрическа змиорка f (električeska zmiorka)
Canela: pỳp
Catalan: anguila elèctrica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電鰻／电鳗 (zh) (diànmán)
Dutch: sidderaal (nl) m
Finnish: sähköankerias
French: anguille électrique (fr) f
Georgian: ელექტრული გველთევზა (elekṭruli gveltevza)
German: Zitteraal m
Greek: ηλεκτροφόρο χέλι n (ilektrofóro chéli), (colloquial) μουδιάστρα f (moudiástra)
Greenlandic: nimeriarluk
Hungarian: elektromos angolna (hu)
Icelandic: hrökkáll m
Japanese: 電気鰻 (デンキウナギ, denkiunagi), 痺鰻 (シビレウナギ, shibireunagi)
Kayapó: mokokti
Macedonian: електрична јагула (električna jagula)
Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí, atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí
Polish: strętwa (pl) f, trzęsawiec (pl) m, węgorz elektryczny (pl) m
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)
Turkish: elektrikli yılan balığı (tr)

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