any of numerous voracious elongate snakelike bony fishes (order Anguilliformes) that have a smooth slimy skin, lack pelvic fins, and have the median fins confluent around the tail
any of numerous other elongate fishes (as of the order Synbranchiformes)
any of various nematodes (as the vinegar eel)
eel·grass ['ēl-,gras] -n
a submerged long-leaved monocotyledonous marine plant ( Zostera marina) that is found esp. in coastal temperate waters and whose dried stems and leaves are used esp. as packing material in woven goods
tape grass
eel·pout [-,pau̇t] -n
any of various elongate tapered marine fishes (family Zoarcidae) usu. living on the bottom of cold seas
burbot
eel·worm [-,wərm] -n
a nematode worm
any of various small free-living or plant-parasitic roundworms