EEL

noun Etymology: Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl; akin to Old High German āl ~ Date: before 12th century 1. 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 ~), ~like adjective ~y adjective