eel

[US]/iːl/
[UK]/il/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a long, snake-like freshwater or saltwater fish

Phrases & Collocations

slippery eel

electric eel

freshwater eel

grilled eel

eel farm

Example Sentences

F eeling crabby today?

She bought some eels for dinner.

Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames.

A gulper eel can eat an animal larger than itself and accommodate it in an expandable stomach.

elver Small cylindrical young eel, more advanced in development than leptocephalus.

The man the police want to talk to is slippery as an eel, and has so far escaped arrest.

Pearlfishes Fishes of the Family Carapidae, Order Ophidiiformes (cusk eels). See FishBase for more information on this Family.

So one day I saw a beautiful piece of eel just sitting there, unpriced, and I asked the fisherman for it.

Subject_Topical_Eng: Guangdong Antaeus Chains Enterprises Group; Allopelagic; Eel; Soft-Shelled Turtle; Crocodile; Pearl

The Umbrella Mouth Gulper Eel (Eurypharynx Pelecanoides) can open its “Umbrella Mouth” to Pelican-like proportion, accommodating prey much larger than its size.

Surface polishing for leather ,artificial leather,Make the surface shining ,improve the hand -feel,gloss /mistiness comparv.Make higher sense value of the product.

Real-world Examples

Are you aware that unagi is an eel?

Source: Friends Season 6

There was a moray eel that died eating a fish.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

Scientists have named the new eel Electrophorus voltai.

Source: The Chronicles of Novel Events

" Could you show your face to our garden eels from your home" ?

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

This is a perfect 10 out of 10 idea. Let's put this electric eel to work.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2019 Collection

Garden eels are very sensitive by nature.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

There's always something fishy about these eels.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2018 Collection

The ribbon eel can come unraveled.

Source: Ocean Original Soundtrack

And then this previously unknown species of blind eel.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2022 Compilation

An eel spirit's destroying the eastern fishing village.

Source: Brother Wind takes you to watch movies and learn English.

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