eel

Noun
US[eel]/il/1 syllable

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)eels

  1. the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickledType of fishKinds elver, smoked eelPart of common eel, freshwater eel
  2. voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral finsType of soft-finned fish, malacopterygianKinds common eel, conger, moray, tuna, elverMember of Anguilliformes, order Anguilliformes
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Eel noun

Origin: AS. …l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. āll, Sw. ål.

Zoology 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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