eel

(ēl)

noun pl. eels or eel

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

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

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noun pl. eel eel or eels

Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes or Apodes that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.
Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.

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Origin: Middle English ele

Origin: , from Old English ǣl

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