eel

Definition von eel im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Any fish of the order Anguilliformes which are elongated and resemble snakes. There are freshwater and marine species; To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel; To fish for eels; The European eel, Anguilla anguilla; The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus; {n} a kind of creeping slimy fish, a rich fish; An eel is a long, thin fish that looks like a snake. Eel is the flesh of this fish which is eaten as food. smoked eel. a long thin fish that looks like a snake and can be eaten. Any of more than 500 fish species (order Anguilliformes) that are slender, elongated, and usually scaleless, with long dorsal and anal fins that are continuous around the tail tip. Eels are found in all seas, from coastal regions to the mid-depths. Freshwater eels are active, predaceous fish with small embedded scales; they grow to maturity in freshwater and return to the sea, where they spawn and die. The transparent young drift to the coast and make their way upstream. Freshwater eels, considered valuable food fish, include species ranging from 4 in. (10 cm) to about 11.5 ft (3.5 m) long. See also moray; See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus; a fish that looks like a snake; The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla; voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins; a long, snakelike fish; An elongated fish of many genera and species; voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled; Freshwater (Unagi), Saltwater (Anago); {i} snakelike fish; The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm; A type of fish; the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
eel-like: Resembling an eel by having a long, serpentine body
eel buck: eel basket
eel pout: fish that resembles an eel; any marine fishes that live at the bottom of the sea of the family Zoarcidae; burbot
eel spear: {i} type of forked trident used for spearing and stabbing eels
eel trap: {i} trap used for catching eels
European eel: A snake-like, facultatively catadromous fish, reaching between 60 cm and 1½ m of length, Anguilla anguilla
conger eel: Any of various large marine eels of the family Congridae, that have no scales and are found in temperate and tropical coastal waters
eely: Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery
electric eel: A species of fish resembling an eel (not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks
moray eel: Any of various brightly colored marine eels of the family Muraenidae, of warm coastal waters
sand eel: Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the genus Ammodytes
slippery as an eel: So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold with one's hands
slippery as an eel: So crafty, or cunning that they cannot be caught by the police, although it is known that they are acting illegally
An eel: yeel
Congo eel: An eellike amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the southeast United States, having two pairs of tiny nonfunctioning legs. Although it is almost completely aquatic, it can move overland. Also called Congo snake
as slippery as an eel: evasive, devious, elusive, crafty
common eel: eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
conger eel: a large fish that looks like a snake. Any of about 100 species of marine eels (family Congridae) with no scales, a large head, large gill slits, a wide mouth, and strong teeth. Conger eels are usually grayish to blackish, with a paler belly and black-edged fins. Found in all oceans, sometimes in deep water, they may grow about 6 ft (1.8 m) long. Conger eels are carnivores. Many species, such as the European conger (Conger conger), are valued as food. The American conger, or sea eel (C. oceanicus), is a fierce game fish
conger eel: large somber-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
cusk eel: Any of several bottom-dwelling, eellike, chiefly marine fishes of the family Ophidiidae
cusk-eel: elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes
eels: plural of eel
eely: {s} slippery, smooth; resembling an eel
electric eel: type of eel-shaped fish capable of giving a severe electric shock
electric eel: A long, eellike freshwater fish (Electrophorus electricus) of northern South America, having organs capable of producing a powerful electric discharge. Eel-shaped South American fish (Electrophorus electricus) capable of producing an electric shock strong enough to stun a human. The electric eel (not a true eel) is a sluggish inhabitant of slow freshwater, surfacing periodically to gulp air. Long, cylindrical, scaleless, and gray-brown, it sometimes reaches a length of 9 ft (2.75 m) and a weight of 49 lbs (22 kg). The tail region, bordered below by a long anal fin that the fish undulates to move about, contains the electric organs. The shock (up to 650 volts discharged at will) is used mainly to immobilize fish and other prey
electric eel: eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
glass eel: An eel in its transparent, postlarval stage. Also called elver
moray eel: moray: family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
mud eel: A small amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in swamps and shallow waters of the southeast United States, that is eellike in appearance and has only front legs, which are partially concealed by external gills
sand eel: sand lance: very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
sand eel: type of small fish that resembles an eel
sea eel: The conger eel
vinegar eel: minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e
vinegar eel: minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e g vinegar
vinegar eel: A minute nematode worm (Anguillula aceti) that feeds on the organisms causing fermentation in vinegar. Also called vinegar worm
vinegar eel: vinegar
wolf eel: A Pacific wolf fish (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) having a long body and a pointed tail

eel

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/ˈēl/ /ˈiːl/

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[ 'E(&)l ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”). Cognate with West Frisian iel (“eel”), Dutch aal (“eel”), German Aal (“eel”), Swedish and Danish ål (“eel”).

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