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noun

(1) Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

(2) The fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled

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Etymology

Old English ǣl, from Germanic *ēla-. Cognate with Dutch aal, German Aal, Swedish ål.

Noun

Any fish of the order Anguilliformes which are elongated and resemble snakes. There are freshwater and marine species.
The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.

Verb

To fish for eels
To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel