Meaning of Eel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A township in Cass County, Indiana, United States, probably named after the Eel River.
2. Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
3. A European eel (Anguilla anguilla).
4. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
5. Other ray-finned fishes:
6. An electric eel (any knifefish of the genus Electrophorus)
7. In the order Synbranchiformes:
8. A swamp eel (any fish in the family Synbranchidae).
9. An earthworm eel, also called the spineless eel (any fish in the family Chaudhuriidae).
10. A spiny eel (any fish in the family Mastacembelidae).
11. A deep-sea spiny eel (any fish in the family Notacanthidae).
12. Certain amphibians:
13. A conger eel, also called the Congo eel, amphiuma, and Congo snake (any salamander of the genus Amphiuma).
14. A two-legged eel, also called the mud eel and lesser siren, Siren intermedia.
15. A leopard eel, also called the leopard siren and reticulated siren, Siren reticulata.
16. A rubber eel, Typhlonectes natans.
17. A vinegar eel, a roundworm of species Turbatrix aceti.
18. Someone or something that is sneaky and/or hard to catch.

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Examples

“Off the United States, the National Marine Fisheries Service is helping industry explore fisheries for deep shrimp, rattails, chimeras, orange roughy, smoothheads, slackjaw eels, blue hake, skates and dogfish, which the National Fisheries Institute, an industry group, in an effort to improve their marketability, has renamed cape shark.”

“That Dennis is a right eel, he always seems to slip away from the scene at the right time.”

“His expression when incredulous. "Why would you think that?" He was a slippery little eel.”

“Philosophers and literary critics from ancient times, along with social scientists, physicians, theologians, and biblical scholars more recently, have tried to get a tentative handle, if not a firm grasp, on this "slippery eel" of humor and laughter.”

“John scowled after the dog. "Never fear, my lady. I shall get the sneaky, slippery eel yet."”

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