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eels

Variant of eel

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

Related Forms:

eely adjective

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