eel

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ēl, IPA: /iːl/

Noun

eel (plural eels)

1. Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
2. The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.

Translations

• French: anguille
• German: Aal, Aalartige
• Italian: anguilla
• Portuguese: enguia
• Russian: у́горь
• Spanish: anguila

Verb

eel (eels, present participle eeling; past and past participle eeled)

1. To fish for eels.
2. To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.

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