eel

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If the life-history of the salmon, however, has given rise to as much controversy as the Mar peerage, the life-history of the eel is a complete mystery.

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  1. noun Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes or Apodes that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.
  2. noun Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.

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  • I've never been to a restaurant that exclusively serves eel, and the guidebook says I'm in the right neighborhood for the slippery cuisine. —  Brave New Traveler
  • Go figure contemporary journalism when it's the coldest eel, the delicious Peruvian eel you actually crave the most, that there is no mention of the heart healthy menu —  Tucson Citizen
  • The eel is always great here, I get it every time, the same goes for the bean curd - wonderful. —  RVABlogs
  • Theory Four: the eel is still somewhere in the tank and has somehow hidden itself so well that no part of it can be seen. —  Diner's Journal
  • I have met a few cool people in the hostle and a couple of dick heads - one English guy asked why people in Belmullet sold donkeys on the side of the road - I asked why some English people eat Jellied eel, as it was equaly disgusting and he just shut up! —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
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  1. Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl.

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  1. Early modern English also eele; from Middle English el, ele, from Anglo-Saxon æl = Middle Dutch ael, Dutch aal = Friesic iel = Middle Low German āl, ēl, Low German al = Old High German Middle High German āl, German aal = Icelandic āll = Swedish ål = Norwegian Danish aal, an eel; perhaps orig. Teutonic *agla (cf. Latin anguilla = Greek ε=γχελυς, an eel), diminutive of a supposed *agi = Latin anguis = Greek εχις = Sanskrit ahi, a snake, from √ *agh, *angh, choke, strangle: see anguish, anger, etc., Echis, Echidna.
 

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