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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 él, ǣl; c. D aal, G Aal, ON āll

]

—Related forms

eellike, adjective

eely, adjective

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n. pl. eel or eels

Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes or Apodes that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.
Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.

[Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl.]

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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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eel
noun
1.	the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
2.	voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

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eel

see slippery as an eel.

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eel [iːl] noun

a kind of fish with a long smooth cylindrical or ribbon-shaped body

Arabic:	أنْقَليس، حَنْكَليس
Chinese (Simplified):	鳗鲡
Chinese (Traditional):	鰻鲡
Czech:	úhoř
Danish:	ål
Dutch:	paling
Estonian:	angerjas
Finnish:	ankerias
French:	anguille
German:	der Aal
Greek:	χέλι
Hungarian:	angolna
Icelandic:	áll
Indonesian:	belut
Italian:	anguilla

Japanese:	うなぎ
Korean:	뱀장어
Latvian:	zutis
Lithuanian:	ungurys
Norwegian:	ål
Polish:	węgorz
Portuguese (Brazil):	enguia
Portuguese (Portugal):	enguia
Romanian:	ţipar
Russian:	угорь
Slovak:	úhor
Slovenian:	jegulja
Spanish:	anguila
Swedish:	ål
Turkish:	yılan balığı

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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.

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