About The Word Eel
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Eel
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What's The Definition Of Eel?
[n] voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
[n] the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled Synonyms | Synonyms for Eel: Related Terms | Find terms related to Eel: See Also | Anguilla sucklandii | Anguilliformes | common eel | common eel | conger | conger eel | elver | elver | fish | freshwater eel | freshwater eel | malacopterygian | moray | moray eel | order Anguilliformes | order Apodes | soft-finned fish | tuna Eel In Webster's Dictionary \Eel\, n. [AS. ?l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. [=a]ll,
Sw. [*a]l.] (Zo["o]l.)
An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels
of Europe and America belong to the genus {Anguilla}. The
electrical eel is a species of {Gymnotus}. The so called
{vinegar eel} is a minute nematode worm. See {Conger eel},
{Electric eel}, and {Gymnotus}.
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