eel
pronunciation
How to pronounce eel in British English:
UK [iːl]
How to pronounce eel in American English:
US [iːl]
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- Noun:
- the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
Word Origin
- eel (n.)
- Old English æl "eel," from Proto-Germanic *ælaz (cognates: Old Frisian -el, Middle Dutch ael, Dutch aal, Old Saxon and Old High German al, German Aal, Old Norse all), which is of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside Germanic. Used figuratively for slipperiness from at least 1520s.
Example
- 1. I bought eel this way for a couple of weeks .
- 2. It 's true for many mainland farms , especially those raising eel .
- 3. Non-new species : brachysomophis cirrocheilos a rarely photographed scene of a snake eel eating a flounder larger than its mouth
- 4. Wholesale prices have doubled this year and dozens of eel restaurants across the country have closed .
- 5. Peruvians didn 't seem to like eel , for example , which was a very common sushi topping .