'Eel' definitions:
Definition of 'eel'
(from WordNet)
noun
The fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
noun
Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
Definition of 'Eel'
From: GCIDE
- Eel \Eel\, n. [AS. ?l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. [=a]ll, Sw. [*a]l.] (Zo["o]l.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Eel'
- eels,
- A stick of eels,
- Eel pout,
- Electric eel,
- Electrical eel,
- Lamper eel,
- Maroona eel,
- Mud eel,
- Paste eel,
- Rock eel,
- Sand eel,
- Sea eel,
- Silver eel,
- Slime eel,
- Vinegar eel,
- Wolf eel,
- blind eel,
- common eel,
- conger eel,
- congo eel,
- freshwater eel,
- hair eel,
- lamprey eel,
- moray eel,
- slime eels,
- smoked eel,
- wheat eel,
- Eel-mother,
- cusk-eel,
- eel-shaped,
- Pug-nose eel