electrophorus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish genus,
definition	:	any of various genus of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	electric eel, electrophorus electric,
definition	:	eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	electrophoridae, family electrophoridae,
definition	:	small family comprising the electric eels (noun.animal)

2. a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	electrostatic generator, electrostatic machine, van de graaff generator, wimshurst machine,
definition	:	electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity (noun.artifact)