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eel (ēl)

noun pl. eels or eel

  1. any of an order (Anguilliformes) of bony fishes with long, slippery, snakelike bodies and no pelvic fins
  2. any of various other snakelike fishes, including the electric eel and lamprey

Etymology: ME ele < OE æl, akin to Ger aal

eel Related Forms
eely (ēlē) adjective
eel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • smoke: Lovely: smoked eel Patricia Plants to deter cats?
  • catch: If you use lob worms at night you will catch eels!

Adjective modifier

  • jellied: Wet fish, jellied eels, Large crabs, more meals.
  • electric: Doctor, Doctor I think I'm an electric eel.
  • giant: She had seen a giant green moray eel under an overhang.
  • fresh: Smoked Highland Silver Eel: Fresh water silver eel naturally smoked.
  • European: The European eel, is it an endangered species?
  • huge: There is also the legend of a huge eel, said to inhabit the underground pools.

Modifies a noun

  • spear: Eel spears are the ultimate embodiment of beauty of form derived from function.
  • traps: We found that eel traps placed within flooded forest close to the water margin caught a surprising number of specimens.
  • fishery: These concerns have led to an investigation of the sand eel fisheries.
  • pie: The public house on the island since the 17th century, served its famous eel pies.
  • grass: In Torbay we have seen large numbers on an eel grass bed near Brixham.
  • fishing: There is also some excellent eel fishing to be had too.

Noun used with modifier

  • moray: Not being able to see clearly added to the danger from razor sharp growths or the teeth of moray eels.
  • conger: A close look at a couple of fissures in the cave reveal a conger eel in each of them.
  • freshwater: In contrast, freshwater eel are targeted by casting small peeler crab baits 100 yards or more into the main channel.
  • sand: Around Scotland, sand eels form the seals ' staple diet for most of the year.
  • ribbon: Also saw a ribbon eel which is also called a Ghost Moray.
  • silver: The River Waveney is renowned for silver eel which can be trapped at this point.
eel Quotes

[The Red Flag] is the funeral march of a fried eel.

—Shaw, George Bernard

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