what does eel mean?
EEL as NOUN
- Meaning
- voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
Hypernyms(s) eel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the fatty flesh of eel
- an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America
- large eels are usually smoked or pickled
Hypernyms(s) eel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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