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eel
[ eel ]
noun
- any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- any of several similar but unrelated fishes, as the lamprey.
eel
/ iːl /
noun
- 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
- any of various other animals with a long body and smooth skin, such as the mud eel and the electric eel
- an evasive or untrustworthy person
Derived Forms
- ˈeel-ˌlike, adjective
- ˈeely, adjective
Other Words From
- eellike adjective
- eely adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of eel1
Word History and Origins
Origin of eel1
Idioms and Phrases
see slippery as an eel .Example Sentences
You know, there was training 10,000 folks to replant kelp forests and eel grasses.
The research is the first to show how this dual jaw action allows snowflake eels to feed just as effectively on land as in the water.
A weekly night dive is also available, a great chance to encounter octopuses and eels.
There are, however, favorable aspects of the license approved by the FERC, Prost said, such as the programs to promote mussel restoration, fish and eel passage, turtle management and waterfowl nesting.
Brown pointed to research on groupers cooperating with moray eels to hunt.
Raw eel seemed to be popular during and after the Middle Ages.
Today, Eel Pie Island is home to a mellower bunch: retirees, artists, and the like.
These are just a few of the famous visitors to Eel Pie Island, a centuries-old refuge for musicians, hippies, and writers.
There are literally restaurants that focus entirely on a single ingredient, like eel for example.
Stanley Hall also went for pastime, and Billy Towler slid into the boat like an eel, without leave, just as it pushed off.
Your Caroline, so enticing five hours before in this very chamber where she frisked about like an eel, is now a junk of lead.
Swaying tufts of vegetation marked the rapid passage of eel-like bodies.
We succeeded in taking an eel, a few crabs, and a small quantity of snails.
The lighter man was slippery as an eel, as hard to hit as a Corbett.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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