† pug-nosed eeln.Obsoleterare the snub-nosed eel, Simenchelys parasitica (family Synaphobranchidae), a slimy eel with a short, blunt snout, found widely in deep water and reported to be parasitic on fishes.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1889 Cent. Dict. at EelPug-nosed eel, an eel of the genus Simenchelys..: so called by fishermen.