Associations to the word «Electrophorus»

Wiktionary

ELECTROPHORUS, noun. (dated) (physics) Any early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating static electricity
ELECTROPHORUS ELECTRICUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Gymnotidae   — the electric eel.

Dictionary definition

ELECTROPHORUS, noun. A simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity.
ELECTROPHORUS, noun. Type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats