eel
IPA: ˈiɫ
noun
- 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.
verb
- To fish for eels.
- To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.
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Examples of "eel" in Sentences
- 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).
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