Meaning of raad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An assembly in one of the Boer republics of South Africa.
2. The electric catfish.
3. A surname.

Examples

“"It might reasonably be expected," says Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, "that the raad, or electric fish⟳ of the Nile, would be one of the most sacred, and forbidden for food; and it seems not to be represented among those caught in the ancient fishing scenes." He adds regarding the raad:—"It is a small fish⟳, and the one I saw⟳ measured little more than a foot long by four inches in depth, but it had the power of giving a very strong shock⟳. It is the Melapterurus electricus, and may have⟳ been the ancient Latus."”

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