Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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eel | Yes | No | No | No |
common eel | Yes | No | No | No |
eel (noun) | common eel (noun) |
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voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins | eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked |
the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled |