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The lant, or sand eel.
Eelgrass.
The conger eel.
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a.
Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels.
n. pl.
An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
v. i.
To move about like an eel; to squirm.
adv.
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
n.
An eelpot or eel basket.
n.
An eel split and broiled.
n.
A small lamprey eel; the pride.
n.
A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
n.
A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.
n.
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.
n.
A brood of eels.
n.
A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
n.
A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.
v. t.
To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquid to cover them.
v. i.
To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
n.
The eelpout.
n.
An eel.
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