Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.

    Aalmutter, Bartfisch

    бельдю́гаbelʹdjúga

  2. (obsolete)A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware, Ranunculus fluitans.

More definitions
  • marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
  • elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fish of the family Zoarcidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fish of the family Zoarcidae:

Origin

From Old English ǣleputa, equivalent to eel + pout.

From Old English ǣleputa, equivalent to eel + pout.

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Forms

plural: eelpouts
Singulareelpout
Pluraleelpouts

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas:pout
  • elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth:burbotlingcuskLota lota

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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