eel
Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakesAny freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
» Some people dislike eels because they look like snakes.
Некоторые недолюбливают угрей, потому что они похожи на змей.
Деяким людям не подобаються вугрі тому, що вони схожі на змій.
Значення
значень: 13Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
Aal, Aalartige
у́горьúgorʹ
вуго́рvuhór
A European eel (Anguilla anguilla).
Other ray-finned fishes:
An electric eel (any knifefish of the genus Electrophorus)
In the order Synbranchiformes:
A swamp eel (any fish in the family Synbranchidae).
An earthworm eel, also called the spineless eel (any fish in the family Chaudhuriidae).
A spiny eel (any fish in the family Mastacembelidae).
Other ray-finned fishes:
A deep-sea spiny eel (any fish in the family Notacanthidae).
Certain amphibians:
A conger eel, also called the Congo eel, amphiuma, and Congo snake (any salamander of the genus Amphiuma).
A two-legged eel, also called the mud eel and lesser siren, Siren intermedia.
A leopard eel, also called the leopard siren and reticulated siren, Siren reticulata.
A rubber eel, Typhlonectes natans.
Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
A vinegar eel, a roundworm of species Turbatrix aceti.
- voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
- the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
Приклади
речень: 50Some people dislike eels because they look like snakes.
Деяким людям не подобаються вугрі тому, що вони схожі на змій.
ruНекоторые недолюбливают угрей, потому что они похожи на змей.
I was bitten by a moray eel.
Tom is as slippery as an eel.
deTom ist ein aalglatter Typ.
Tom's hand was bitten by a moray eel.
ruРуку Тома укусила мурена.
deTom wurde von einer Muräne in die Hand gebissen.
The eel I caught last week is still alive.
ruУгорь, которого я поймал на прошлой неделе, ещё жив.
deDer Aal, den ich letzte Woche gefangen habe, lebt noch.
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мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English el (“eel”), from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *ālFrom Middle English el (“eel”), from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl (“eel”), from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin.
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