Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes or Apodes that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Any fish of the order Anguilliformes which are elongated and resemble snakes. There are freshwater and marine species.
from the English-language Wiktionary
The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.
from the English-language Wiktionary
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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb
To fish for eels.
from the English-language Wiktionary
To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.
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