eel
eel
Definition
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
Etymology: ME ele < OE æl, akin to Ger aal
eel′y (ēl′ē) 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.
