sea-eeln.

Forms: see sea n. and eel n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., eel n.

Etymology: < sea n. + eel n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-eel.

A saltwater eel, a conger.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > member of family Congridae (conger)

sea-eelc1050

congerc1300

conger eel1602

eve-eel1813

haaf-eel1880

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 447/36 Murenula, sææl.

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Biij As whailes so huge, and Sea eylis rare, that be Myle longs, in crawling cruikis of sixtie pace.

1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 347 There is another kind of Sea-Eels, or rather Water-Serpents in the Indies, of about three foot long [etc.].

1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 i. 189 A sea eel, 6 feet long..weighing 30lb. was lately taken..at Whitstable.

1886 M. F. Sheldon tr. G. Flaubert Salammbô i. 15 On her neck she wore a collection of luminous gems which imitated in their medley the scales of a sea-eel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	sea-eel
释义	sea-eeln. Forms: see sea n. and eel n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., eel n. Etymology: < sea n. + eel n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-eel. A saltwater eel, a conger. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > member of family Congridae (conger) sea-eelc1050 congerc1300 conger eel1602 eve-eel1813 haaf-eel1880 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 447/36 Murenula, sææl. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Biij As whailes so huge, and Sea eylis rare, that be Myle longs, in crawling cruikis of sixtie pace. 1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 347 There is another kind of Sea-Eels, or rather Water-Serpents in the Indies, of about three foot long [etc.]. 1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 i. 189 A sea eel, 6 feet long..weighing 30lb. was lately taken..at Whitstable. 1886 M. F. Sheldon tr. G. Flaubert Salammbô i. 15 On her neck she wore a collection of luminous gems which imitated in their medley the scales of a sea-eel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.c1050
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