eel
(ēl)n. pl. eel or eels
1. Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.
2. Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.
[Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl.]
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eel
(iːl)n
1. (Animals) any teleost fish of the order Apodes (or Anguilliformes), such as the European freshwater species Anguilla anguilla, having a long snakelike body, a smooth slimy skin, and reduced fins
2. (Animals) any of various other animals with a long body and smooth skin, such as the mud eel and the electric eel
3. an evasive or untrustworthy person
[Old English ǣl; related to Old Frisian ēl, Old Norse āll, Old High German āl]
ˈeel-ˌlike adj
ˈeely adj
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eel
(il)n., pl. (esp. collectively) eel, (esp. for kinds or species) eels.
1. any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
2. any of several similar but unrelated fishes, as the lamprey.
[before 1000; Middle English ele, Old English ēl, ǣl; c. Old Frisian ēl, Old Saxon, Old High German āl, Old Norse āll]
eel′like, adj.
eel′y, adj.
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eel
(ēl)1. Any of various fish having long, snake-like bodies without scales. Eels typically migrate from fresh to salt water to spawn.
2. Any of several similar fish, such as the lamprey.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  eel - the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickledcommon eel, freshwater eel - eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish" smoked eel - eel cured by smoking elver - young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried |
| 2. | eel - voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii Anguilliformes, order Anguilliformes, order Apodes - elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced elver - young eel common eel, freshwater eel - eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked Anguilla sucklandii, tuna - New Zealand eel moray, moray eel - family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked conger, conger eel - large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food |
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Translations
أنْقَليس، حَنْكَليسأنْكَليس
змиорка
úhoř
ål
angilo
ankeriasankeriaskala
jegulja
angolna
belut
áll
ウナギ
뱀장어
anguilla
ungurys
zutis
jegulja
jeguljaugor
ål
mkunga
ปลาไหล
вугор
cá chìnhcon lươn
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eel
(iːl) noun a kind of fish with a long smooth cylindrical or ribbon-shaped body.
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eel
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