eel

  • 21eel — noun a snake like fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness. [Anguilla anguilla (Europe) and related species, order Anguilliformes.] ↘used in names of unrelated fishes that resemble the true… …

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  • 22eel — UK [iːl] / US [ɪl] noun [countable] Word forms eel : singular eel plural eels a long thin fish that looks like a snake and can be eaten …

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  • 23eel — n. 1 any of various snakelike fish, with slender body and poorly developed fins. 2 a slippery or evasive person or thing. Phrases and idioms: eel grass 1 any marine plant of the genus Zostera, with long ribbon like leaves. 2 any submerged… …

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  • 24eel —    a penis    Possibly no more than a translation of a Japanese euphemism, using the common serpent imagery:     Hatsumomo had found a clever way of putting into Dr Crab s mind the idea that my cave had already been explored by someone else s eel …

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  • 25eel — noun (C) a long thin fish that looks like a snake and can be eaten: He wriggled like an eel to get free …

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  • 26eel — /il / (say eel) noun 1. any of various elongate, snake like, freshwater or marine fishes of the order Apodes, as Anguilla reinhardtii of eastern Australian rivers or A. anguilla of Europe. 2. any of several similar but unrelated fishes as the… …

  • 27eel — atlantinis jūrinis ungurys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Conger conger angl. conger; eel rus. атлантический конгер ryšiai: platesnis terminas – paprastieji jūriniai unguriai …

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  • 28Eel River Crossing — Administration Pays  Canada Province …

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  • 29Eel (disambiguation) — Eel or eels may refer to:In biologyRay finned fish:* True eels, fish in the order of Anguilliformes * Electric Eel, a species of knifefish in the order of Gymnotiformes * Deep Sea Spiny Eels, a common name for fish in the family Notacanthidae,… …

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  • 30Eel River 3 — Administration Pays  Canada Province …

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