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"Eel" Definition

noun

Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.
Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes or Apodes that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.
Any fish of the order Anguilliformes which are elongated and resemble snakes. There are freshwater and marine species.
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The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.
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An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See conger eel, electric eel, and gymnotus.

verb

To fish for eels.
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To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.
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