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eel

noun

Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

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Word Facts

Word length
3
Starts with
E
Ends with
L
Contains
E
Scrabble score
3

How it sounds

Pronunciation

iːl

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noun

  1. Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

noun

  1. The fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled

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