(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:55:59

Scy*phoph"o*ri (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a cup + to bear.] Zool.

An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail.

 

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