Vocabulary : Tornariae to Torpedo catcher

Tornariae : of Tornaria
Torose : Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.
Torosity : The quality or state of being torose.
Toroth : of Tora
Torous : Torose.

Torpedinous : Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.
Torpedo : An automobile with a torpedo body. ;; Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical. ;; An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up. ;; A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore. ;; A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship. ;; A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it. ;; A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an al
Torpedo body : An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush.
Torpedo boom : A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on its end.
Torpedo catcher : A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.

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