Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gymnotus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gymnotus \Gym*no"tus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + ? the
back: cf. F. gymnote.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the
{Gymnotus electricus}, or electric eel. It has a greenish,
eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.
One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the
electric blow of the gymnotus. --De Quincey.
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