eel /ˈi(ə)l/
鰻魚,鱔魚
Eel n. Zoöl. An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.
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eel
n 1: the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh
water in Europe and America; large eels are usually
smoked or pickled
2: voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth
slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous
vertical fin but no ventral fins