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单词 anguillous
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anguillousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anguilla , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin anguilla eel (see anguille n.) + -ous suffix.Compare post-classical Latin anguillosus abounding in eels (10th cent. in a British source). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ·ŋgwiləs) /ˈæŋɡwɪləs/.
Obsolete. rare.
Resembling an eel.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [adjective] > of the nature of an eel
anguillous1705
1705 E. Tyson in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1752 Even the Anguillous kind [of red gurnard] are Scaly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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