单词 | mud eel |
释义 | mud eel in American English US a slime-coated, eel-like siren salamander (Siren lacertina) with no hind legs, two short front legs, internal lungs, and external gills: it lives in swamps, ditches, and ponds, in the SE U.S. mud eel in American Englishnoun a salamander, Siren lacertina, having external gills, tiny front legs, and no hind legs, inhabiting shallow waters in the southeastern U.S Also called: greater siren Word origin [1815–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aesthetic, aggressive, norm, treadmill, trolley |
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