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eel·pout  (lpout)

n. pl. eelpout or eel·pouts

1. Any of various bottom-dwelling marine fishes of the family Zoarcidae, having an elongated body and a large head.

2. See burbot.

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eelpout [ˈiːlˌpaʊt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine eel-like blennioid fish of the family Zoarcidae, such as Zoarces viviparus (viviparous eelpout or blenny)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for burbot

[Old English ǣlepūte; related to Middle Dutch aalpuit]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eelpout - marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas pout blennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins family Zoarcidae, Zoarcidae - eelpouts viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus - an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous fish doctor, Gymnelis viridis - brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout Macrozoarces americanus, ocean pout - common along northeastern coast of North America
	2.	eelpout - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth burbot, Lota lota, cusk, ling codfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters