EELLIKE

Meaning of EELLIKE in English

adjective see: eel

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EELLIKE — ˈē(ə)lˌlīk adjective : like an eel in sinuosity, swimming ability, or evasiveness
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EELLIKE — see eel
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GUNNEL — see: gunwale II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1740 a small slimy eellike bony fish ( Pholis ~lus ) of …
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CONODONT — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary con- (from Greek kōnos cone) + -odont Date: 1859 a Paleozoic toothlike fossil that is …
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WRYMOUTH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: wry (II) + mouth : a large eellike blenny ( Cryptacanthodes maculatus ) of the northern Atlantic …
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TRACHINIDAE — trəˈkinəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Trachinus, type genus (from Medieval Latin trachina, a fish, from Greek …
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SILURIDAE — -rəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Silurus, type genus + -idae : a family of catfishes formerly …
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PLOTOSIDAE — -səˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Plotosus, type genus + -idae : a family of chiefly tropical …
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HETEROMI — ˌhed.əˈrōˌmī noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + -omi (from Greek ōmos shoulder) — more at humerus …
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CLARIAS — kla(a)rēəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, modification of Greek Klarios, an epithet of Apollo, literally, of Klaros, from Klaros …
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OPISTHOMI — (n. pl.) An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached to the vertebrae, but not connected with the …
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OPISTHOMI — ( n. pl. ) An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached to the vertebrae, but not connected …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLF-EEL — /woolf"eel'/ , n. a large, eellike fish, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America. [ 1880-85, …
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SIREN — — sirenlike , adj. /suy"reuhn/ , n. 1. Class. Myth. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, …
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QUILLFISH — /kwil"fish'/ , n. , pl. quillfishes , ( esp. collectively ) quillfish . a fish, Ptilichthys goodei, of the Bering …
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LAMPREY — /lam"pree/ , n. , pl. lampreys . any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, …
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HAGFISH — /hag"fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) hagfish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or …
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GUNNEL — gunnel 1 /gun"l/ , n. any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), esp. Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) , …
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GRAVELDIVER — /grav"euhl duy'veuhr/ , n. any of several eellike fishes of the family Scytalinidae, found off the Pacific coast of North …
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ELECTRIC EEL — an eellike, freshwater fish, Electrophorus electricus, found in the Amazon and Orinoco rivers and tributaries, sometimes over 6 ft. (1.8 …
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EELBLENNY — /eel"blen'ee/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) eelblenny , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or …
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EEL — — eellike , adj. — eely , adj. /eel/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) eel , ( …
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CYCLOSTOME — /suy"kleuh stohm', sik"leuh-/ , adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the Cyclostomata, a subclass of jawless, eellike, marine vertebrates of …
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CUSK-EEL — /kusk"eel'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) cusk-eel , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or …
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AMPHIUMA — /am'fee yooh"meuh/ , n. an aquatic, eellike salamander of the genus Amphiuma, of the southeastern U.S., having two pairs of …
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GUNNEL — I. variant of gunwale II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1740 : a small slimy eellike bony fish ( Pholis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONODONT — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary con- (from Greek kōnos cone) + -odont Date: 1859 : a Paleozoic toothlike fossil that …
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OPISTHOMI — noun ·pl an order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached to the vertebrae, but not connected with the …
Webster English vocab
UNICORN FISH — also spelled Unicornfish, any of certain exclusively marine fishes belonging to the genus Naso, in the family Acanthuridae (order Perciformes), …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPINY EEL — any of two groups of fishes, those of the freshwater family Mastacembelidae (order Perciformes) and of the deep-sea family Notacanthidae …
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AGNATHA — class of primitive, jawless fishes that contains the lampreys and hagfishes (collectively, cyclostomes) and some extinct groups. Living species of …
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