eel

Noun
  1. is a type of: fish - the flesh of fish used as food
    subtypes:
    • smoked eel - eel cured by smoking
    • elver - young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried
    is a part of: common eel, freshwater eel - eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
  2. is a type of: malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
    subtypes:
    • elver - young eel
    • common eel, freshwater eel - eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
    • anguilla sucklandii, tuna - New Zealand eel
    • moray, moray eel - family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
    • conger, conger eel - large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
    belongs to: anguilliformes, order anguilliformes, order apodes - elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced

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