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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:
before 1000; Middle English ele, Old English ēl, ǣl; cognate with Dutch aal, German Aal, Old Norse āll
before 1000; Middle English ele, Old English ēl, ǣl; cognate with Dutch aal, German Aal, Old Norse āll
Related forms
eel·like, adjective
eel·y, adjective
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Eels
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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eel
O.E. æl, from P.Gmc. *ælaz, of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside Gmc.
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