eel

IPA: ˈiɫ

Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
A European eel (Anguilla anguilla).
Someone or something that is sneaky and/or hard to catch.

Examples of "eel" in Sentences

The eels eat small fish in the wild.
The pond is part of the Eel River watershed.
The Eel River is the locale for the canoe race.
The Eel River flows westward through the township.
The festival takes place along the banks of the Eel River.
The Eel River is a tributary of the Wabash River in Indiana.
The school's name refers to the South Fork of the Eel River.
The pudgy cusk eel is a common fish of deep oceans worldwide.
The west slopes are drained by the main Eel River and the Rice Fork of the Eel.
Did you know that eel is never served raw because the blood carries a neurotoxin (a cubic centimeter of which injected into a rabbit causes instant convulsions and death)?
The eel is the only fish in the world that spawns in the middle of an ocean but spends its adult lives in rivers, lakes and streams (the opposite of most migratory fishes, like salmon and shad).
One guy at the check-out of the Supermarket was telling us how eel is considered an “aphrodisiac” in Korea and is good for my husband the way he tried to explain it was hillarious. girlwithhat says:
The New Zealand longfin eel, is one of the most important creatures in the faith of the New Zealand Maori, and one of the longest-lived and largest freshwater fishes in the world (they can grown seven feet long, and have been aged at 104 years).