eel

Definition of Eel in English :

Noun

1. eel

the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled

2. eel

voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eel

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noun

1.

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

2.

any of various other animals with a long body and smooth skin, such as the mud eel and the electric eel

3.

an evasive or untrustworthy person

Eel

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nounWord forms: plural 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

Eel

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n. pl. eel or eels

1. Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.

2. Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.

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