electroplax

noun

elec·​tro·​plax

-ˌplaks

plural -es

: one of the flattened plates of modified muscle constituting the typical structural element of the electric organ of some fishes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from electr- + Greek plax anything flat and broad

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