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See also:Eel,e'el,eʼel,eel-,and-eel

English

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An eel (sense 1)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishel, fromOld Englishǣl(“eel”), fromProto-West Germanic*āl, fromProto-Germanic*ēlaz(“eel”), which is of unknown origin.

Cognates

Cognate withWest Frisianiel(“eel”),Dutchaal(“eel”),German Low GermanAal,Ool(“eel”),GermanAal(“eel”),Swedish,Danish andNorwegianål(“eel”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eel (pluraleels)

  2. Any freshwaterfish of the orderAnguilliformes, which are elongated and resemblesnakes.
    • 1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      Off the United States, the National Marine Fisheries Service is helping industry explore fisheries for deep shrimp, rattails, chimeras, orange roughy, smoothheads, slackjaweels, blue hake, skates and dogfish, which the National Fisheries Institute, an industry group, in an effort to improve their marketability, has renamed cape shark.
  3. AEuropean eel (Anguilla anguilla).
  4. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
    1. Otherray-finnedfishes:
      1. Anelectric eel (anyknifefish of the genusElectrophorus)
      2. In the orderSynbranchiformes:
        1. Aswamp eel (any fish in the familySynbranchidae).
        2. Anearthworm eel, also called thespineless eel (any fish in the familyChaudhuriidae).
        3. Aspiny eel (any fish in the familyMastacembelidae).
      3. Adeep-sea spiny eel (any fish in the familyNotacanthidae).
    2. Certainamphibians:
      1. Aconger eel, also called theCongo eel,amphiuma, andCongo snake (anysalamander of the genusAmphiuma).
      2. Atwo-legged eel, also called themud eel andlesser siren,Siren intermedia.
      3. Aleopard eel, also called theleopard siren andreticulated siren,Siren reticulata.
      4. Arubber eel,Typhlonectes natans.
    3. Avinegar eel, aroundworm of speciesTurbatrix aceti.
  5. Someone or something that is sneaky and/or hard to catch.
    That Dennis is a righteel, he always seems to slip away from the scene at the right time.
    • 2003, Catherine Anderson,Only by Your Touch:
      His expression when incredulous. "Why would you think that?" He was a slippery littleeel.
    • 2004, F. Scott Spencer,Dancing Girls, Loose Ladies, and Women of the Cloth, page26:
      Philosophers and literary critics from ancient times, along with social scientists, physicians, theologians, and biblical scholars more recently, have tried to get a tentative handle, if not a firm grasp, on this "slipperyeel" of humor and laughter.
    • 2016, Jody Hedlund,Newton and Polly: A Novel of Amazing Grace, page131:
      John scowled after the dog. "Never fear, my lady. I shall get the sneaky, slipperyeel yet."

Derived terms

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Translations

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any fish of the order Anguilliformes
Anguilla anguilla—seeEuropean eel

See also

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Verb

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eel (third-person singular simple presenteels,present participleeeling,simple past and past participleeeled)

  1. (intransitive) Tofish for eels.
  2. (intransitive) To move with asinuous motion like that of an eel.

References

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Anagrams

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Estonian

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Noun

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eel

  1. adessivesingular ofesi

Ingrian

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Spatial inflection ofeel
↗︎○allativeeelle
○adessiveeel
○↘︎ablativeeelt

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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eel (+ genitive)

  1. before,in front of(of location)

Noun

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eel

  1. adessivesingular ofesi

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page38

Middle English

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Noun

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eel

  1. alternative form ofel

Mopan Maya

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Verb

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eel

  1. toknow, to have knowledge of

References

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  • Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011).Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.
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