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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024eel /il/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) eel, (esp. for kinds or species) eels. - Fisha long-bodied, snakelike fish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eel (ēl),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) eel, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) eels. - Fishany of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Fishany of several similar but unrelated fishes, as the lamprey.
- bef. 1000; Middle English ele, Old English ēl, ǣl; cognate with Dutch aal, German Aal, Old Norse āll
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: eel /iːl/ n - any teleost fish of the order Apodes (or Anguilliformes), such as the European freshwater species Anguilla anguilla, having a long snakelike body, a smooth slimy skin, and reduced fins
- any of various other animals with a long body and smooth skin, such as the mud eel and the electric eel
- an evasive or untrustworthy person
Etymology: Old English ǣl; related to Old Frisian ēl, Old Norse āll, Old High German ālˈeel-ˌlike adj ˈeely adj |