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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

Quick reference

Word Facts

Word length
3
Starts with
E
Ends with
L
Contains
E
Scrabble score
3
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

iːl

Meaning

Definitions

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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