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eel

  [eel]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) eel, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) eels.
1. any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
2. any of several similar but unrelated fishes, as the lamprey.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME ele, OE ēl, ǣl; c. D aal, G Aal, ON āll

Related forms:
eellike, adjective
eely, adjective
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eel 
O.E. æl, from P.Gmc. *ælaz, of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside Gmc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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