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eel E0046500 (ēl)n. pl. eel or eels 1. Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.2. Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.
[Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl.]eel (iːl) n1. (Animals) any teleost fish of the order Apodes (or Anguilliformes), such as the European freshwater species Anguilla anguilla, having a long snakelike body, a smooth slimy skin, and reduced fins2. (Animals) any of various other animals with a long body and smooth skin, such as the mud eel and the electric eel3. an evasive or untrustworthy person[Old English ǣl; related to Old Frisian ēl, Old Norse āll, Old High German āl] ˈeel-ˌlike adj ˈeely adjeel (il)
n., pl. (esp. collectively) eel, (esp. for 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. [before 1000; Middle English ele, Old English ēl, ǣl; c. Old Frisian ēl, Old Saxon, Old High German āl, Old Norse āll] eel′like, adj. eel′y, adj. eel (ēl)1. Any of various fish having long, snake-like bodies without scales. Eels typically migrate from fresh to salt water to spawn.2. Any of several similar fish, such as the lamprey.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  eel - the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickledcommon eel, freshwater eel - eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smokedfish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"smoked eel - eel cured by smokingelver - young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried | | 2. | eel - voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral finsmalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder MalacopterygiiAnguilliformes, order Anguilliformes, order Apodes - elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reducedelver - young eelcommon eel, freshwater eel - eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smokedAnguilla sucklandii, tuna - New Zealand eelmoray, moray eel - family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provokedconger, conger eel - large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food |
eel nounRelated words
adjective anguilliform
young elver, grigTranslationseel (iːl) noun a kind of fish with a long smooth cylindrical or ribbon-shaped body. 鰻鲡 鳗鲡eel
every eel hopes to become a whaleA phrase highlighting one's ambition. Just like every eel hopes to become a whale, I dream of becoming the CEO one day.See also: become, eel, every, hope, whalehold an eel by the tailTo try to engage or somehow detain an elusive person or thing. Trying to get in touch with my insurance company is like trying to holding an eel by the tail—I can never get through to a live person! Every time we try to pin charges on the mob boss, it's as hard as holding an eel by the tail because he somehow weasels his way out of them!See also: by, eel, hold, tailskin an eel by the tailTo do something in an ill-advised way. Why are you skinning an eel by the tail? You know you can't back out of the driveway until you clear all that snow out of the way!See also: by, eel, skin, tailbe as slippery as an eelTo be devious, scheming, and untrustworthy—and difficult to apprehend. Of course that guy took everyone's money and left town—he's as slippery as an eel!See also: eel, slippery(as) slippery as an eelDevious, scheming, and untrustworthy—and difficult or impossible to apprehend or pin down. The notorious criminal has proven to be as slippery as an eel for police, eluding capture once again. Companies like this are slippery as eels, coming up with all sorts of elaborate means of getting around regulations.See also: eel, slippery*slippery as an eeldevious and untrustworthy, but impossible to catch. (*Also: as ~.) Don't sign a lease with that landlord; I think he's as slippery as an eel. The con artist was slippery as an eel. Although he defrauded many people, he never went to prison.See also: eel, slipperyslippery as an eelElusive, devious, as in When it comes to talking about his investments, Jim's slippery as an eel. This simile, first recorded about 1412, alludes to the eel's skin, which has tiny scales and is quite slippery when wet. See also: eel, slipperyslippery as an eel 1. If someone is as slippery as an eel, they are difficult to catch or take hold of. When his opponent is on the attack, he is as slippery as an eel.2. If someone is as slippery as an eel, they are clever and able to think quickly, but you cannot trust them. He was as clever as a fox and as slippery as an eel. Note: You can also describe someone as a slippery eel. He himself admits that he is regarded as a slippery eel — a man who constantly changes his mind.See also: eel, slippery(as) slippery as an ˈeel (informal) dishonest and good at not answering questions, etc: The man the police want to talk to is slippery as an eel, and has so far escaped arrest. OPPOSITE: (as) straight as a die (2)See also: eel, slipperyslippery as an eelHard to grasp; elusive, and, by extension, deceitful. The eel’s long slender body, with only minute scales deeply embedded in the skin, looks totally smooth and is very slippery when wet. These characteristics gave rise to the simile, which dates from the fourteenth century and is still used today. (See the quotation in slip through one's fingers.)See also: eel, slipperyeel
eel, common name for any fish in the order Anguilliformes, and characterized by a long snakelike body covered with minute scales embedded in the skin. Eels lack the hind pair of fins, adapting them for wriggling in the mud and through the crevices of reefs and rocky shores. Most species are marine; the largest and most diverse group is the family Ophichthidae, the snake eels. Other large families are the conger eels, family Congridae, and the moray eels, family Muraenidae. Sharp-toothed and vicious, moray eels have a highly developed second set of jaws (pharyngeal jaws) that hold and pull prey into the throat after the main jaws snare it. The only freshwater eels are those of the family Anguillidae. The freshwater European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is found in the Atlantic coastal regions of Europe and the Mediterranean area; A. rostrata, the American eel, in North America E of the Rockies. Several other freshwater species are native to Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. The mature European eel migrates 3,000 to 4,000 mi (4,828–6,437 km) to its spawning ground in the deep sea SW of Bermuda, a journey lasting several months; they use ocean currents to help them swim there, where they reproduce and then die. The young hatch as transparent ribbonlike larvae (called glass eels) that drift north and east on ocean currents for three years before entering a river; they then develop into elvers, tiny versions of the adult eel. The American eel follows the same pattern, except that the young require only one year to reach freshwater. Once in freshwater, the developing elvers feed voraciously on dead and living animals, even traveling over short stretches of land in search of frogs and lizards. They hunt at night and rest by day. The male, which attains a length of 2 ft (61 cm), remains at the river's mouth, while the female (4 ft/122 cm) swims upstream, staying there from 5 to 20 years. When the eels are sexually mature their enormous appetite wanes, and they do not eat during migration to the spawning ground. Their oily flesh is regarded by some as a delicacy; the skin was formerly used as leather. Eels are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Anguilliformes. Bibliography See studies by R. Schweld (2002) and J. Prosek (2010). What does it mean when you dream about an eel?Eels embody many of the meanings of snakes or serpents, although their watery habitat links them more explicitly with the powers of the unconscious. As phallic symbols, they indicate unconscious sexual desires. They may also symbolize something in the unconscious of which we are afraid. eel[ēl] (vertebrate zoology) The common name for a number of unrelated fishes included in the orders Anguilliformes and Cypriniformes; all have an elongate, serpentine body. eel1. any teleost fish of the order Apodes (or Anguilliformes), such as the European freshwater species Anguilla anguilla, having a long snakelike body, a smooth slimy skin, and reduced fins 2. any of various other animals with a long body and smooth skin, such as the mud eel and the electric eel eel
eel (ēl), Any of a number of scaleless, snakelike fish. [M.E. ele, fr. O.E. ael] eel Eel has been long considered (1,300 years) an aphrodisiac in Japan and is traditionally eaten on the hottest day of the year; there is no data to support the alleged aphrodisiac effect, which appears related to its phallic shape.eel any TELEOST fish of the Anguilliformes, having a smooth, shiny skin, a long, snakelike body and reduced fins.FinancialSeeAngulaEEL
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eel
Words related to eelnoun the fatty flesh of eelRelated Words- common eel
- freshwater eel
- fish
- smoked eel
- elver
noun voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral finsRelated Words- malacopterygian
- soft-finned fish
- Anguilliformes
- order Anguilliformes
- order Apodes
- elver
- common eel
- freshwater eel
- Anguilla sucklandii
- tuna
- moray
- moray eel
- conger
- conger eel
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