Definitions for: Eel

[n] voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
[n] the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled

Webster (1913) Definition: Eel, n. [AS. ?l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. [=a]ll,
Sw. [*a]l.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.

See Also: Anguilla sucklandii, Anguilliformes, common eel, common eel, conger, conger eel, elver, elver, fish, freshwater eel, freshwater eel, malacopterygian, moray, moray eel, order Anguilliformes, order Apodes, soft-finned fish, tuna

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