eel definition
Overview
This page has 10 definitions of eel in English, Estonian, and Ingrian. Eel is a noun and verb. Examples of how to use eel in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English eel definition
Etymology
From Middle English el, from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
eel (plural eels)
- Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
- The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.
Derived terms
- African eel
- African spoon-nose eel (Mystriophis rostellatus)
- African longfin eel (Anguilla mossambica)
- African mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis labiata)
- cutthroat eel (family Synaphobranchidae)
- conger eel
- Congo eel (Amphiuma spp. (order Caudata))
- deep-sea spiny eel (family Notacanthidae (order Notacanthiformes))
- duckbill eel (family Nettastomatidae)
- eelboat
- eelbuck
- eeler
- eelfare
- eelfish
- eelgrass (Zostera spp., [marine], Vallisneria spp. [freshwater])
- eelish
- eellike
- eelpot
- eelpout, eel-pout
- eelskin
- eelspear
- eely
- electric eel (order Gymnotiformes)
- European eel
- fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia)
- glass eel
- Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
- longfin eel (Anguilla mossambica)
- moray eel
- mud eel (Siren intermedia (order Caudata))
- pike eel (Muraenesox bagio)
- rubber eel (family Typhlonectidae (order Gymnophiona))
- sand eel (family Ammodytidae)
- sawtooth eel (family Serrivomeridae)
- slippery as an eel
- snake eel (family Ophichthidae)
- snipe eel (family Nemichthyidae)
- spaghetti eel (family Moringuidae)
- spiny eel (family Mastacembelidae (order Synbranchiformes))
- thin eel (genus Myroconger)
- two-legged eel (Siren intermedia (order Caudata))
- West coast snake eel (Mystriophis rostellatus)
- worm eel (families Ophichthidae, Moringuidae, et al)
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See also
Verb
eel (third-person singular simple present eels, present participle eeling, simple past and past participle eeled)
Anagrams
Estonian eel definition
Noun
eel
Ingrian eel definition
↗︎○ | allative | eelle |
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○ | adessive | eel |
○↘︎ | ablative | eelt |
Pronunciation
Postposition
eel (+ genitive)
Noun
eel
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 38
Middle English eel definition
Noun
eel
- Alternative form of el
Mopan Maya eel definition
Verb
eel
- to know, to have knowledge of
References
- Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.
Westrobothnian eel definition
Etymology 1
Verb
eel
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Noun
eel m pl