Meaning

13 senses
  1. Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.

    Aal, Aalartige

    у́горьúgorʹ

    вуго́рvuhór

  2. A European eel (Anguilla anguilla).

  3. Other ray-finned fishes:

    An electric eel (any knifefish of the genus Electrophorus)

  4. In the order Synbranchiformes:

    A swamp eel (any fish in the family Synbranchidae).

  5. An earthworm eel, also called the spineless eel (any fish in the family Chaudhuriidae).

  6. A spiny eel (any fish in the family Mastacembelidae).

  7. Other ray-finned fishes:

    A deep-sea spiny eel (any fish in the family Notacanthidae).

  8. Certain amphibians:

    A conger eel, also called the Congo eel, amphiuma, and Congo snake (any salamander of the genus Amphiuma).

  9. A two-legged eel, also called the mud eel and lesser siren, Siren intermedia.

  10. A leopard eel, also called the leopard siren and reticulated siren, Siren reticulata.

  11. A rubber eel, Typhlonectes natans.

  12. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:

    A vinegar eel, a roundworm of species Turbatrix aceti.

More definitions
  • 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

Examples

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  1. Some 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.

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  2. I was bitten by a moray eel.

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  3. Tom is as slippery as an eel.

    deTom ist ein aalglatter Typ.

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  4. Tom's hand was bitten by a moray eel.

    ruРуку Тома укусила мурена.

    deTom wurde von einer Muräne in die Hand gebissen.

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  5. 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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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any fish of the order Anguilliformes:
Русский
By meaning 1
any fish of the order Anguilliformes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any fish of the order Anguilliformes:

Origin

From Middle English el (“eel”), from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl

From 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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