TORPEDO

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 28

(Lat.), n. f. To2rp-ed(ad)'o. Gen., -ped'in is. From torpere, to be stiff. A genus of the Torpedinidce, or electric rays, which are a family of the Batoidei. These fishes have an electric organ composed of hexagonal prisms situated on each side between the pectoral fins and the head. [L, 30 (o, 14); L, 207.] [s. 633]