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单词 eel
释义 eel
I. \ˈēl, esp before pause or consonant ˈēəl\ noun
(plural eels also eel)
Etymology: Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German āl eel, Old Norse āll
1.
 a. : any of numerous voracious elongate snakelike teleost fishes that constitute the order Apodes and that have a smooth slimy skin often without scales, are destitute of pelvic and sometimes of pectoral fins, and have the median fins confluent around the tail — see anguilla, conger eel, leptocephalus, moray
 b. : any of numerous elongate fishes more or less resembling the true eels (as those of the order Symbranchii) — see electric eel, sand eel, snake eel
2. : any of various nematodes or eelworms
 < the vinegar eel >
3. : a person or thing that is slippery or elusive
[eel 1a]
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to fish for eels
2. : worm 2
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