eelpout

eel·pout

E0046700 (ēl′pout′)n. pl. eelpout or eel·pouts 1. Any of various bottom-dwelling marine fishes of the family Zoarcidae, having a large head and an elongated body with dorsal and anal fins that are continuous with the caudal fin.2. See burbot.

eelpout

(ˈiːlˌpaʊt) n1. (Animals) any marine eel-like blennioid fish of the family Zoarcidae, such as Zoarces viviparus (viviparous eelpout or blenny)2. (Animals) another name for burbot[Old English ǣlepūte; related to Middle Dutch aalpuit]

eel•pout

(ˈilˌpaʊt)

n. 1. any fish of the family Zoarcidae, esp. Zoarces viviparus, of Europe. 2. burbot. [before 1000]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eelpout - marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seaspoutblennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic finsfamily Zoarcidae, Zoarcidae - eelpoutsviviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus - an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparousfish doctor, Gymnelis viridis - brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpoutMacrozoarces americanus, ocean pout - common along northeastern coast of North America
	2.	eelpout - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthburbot, Lota lota, cusk, lingcodfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

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