English-Thai Dictionary

eel

N ปลาไหล  pla-lai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EEL

n.A species of Muraena, a genus of fishes belonging to the order of apodes. The head is smooth; there are ten rays in the membrane of the gills; the eyes are covered with a common skin; the body is cylindrical and slimy. Eels, in some respects, resemble reptiles, particularly in their manner of moving by a serpentine winding of the body; and they often creep upon land and wander about at night in search of snails or other food. In winter, they lie buried in mud, being very impatient of cold. They grow to the weight of 15 or 2 pounds; and the conger eel is said to grow to a hundred pounds in weight, and to 1 feet in length. They are esteemed good food.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EEL

Eel, n. Etym: [AS. ; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. all, Sw. ål.](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

eel

eel |ēl il | ▶noun a snakelike fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness: the man was wanted in a dozen countries but was as slippery as an eel. [Order Anguilliformes: many families, in particular Anguillidae, which comprises mainly freshwater eels that breed in the sea, including the common Anguilla anguilla of Europe and the American eel (A. rostrata ).] • used in names of unrelated fishes that resemble the true eels, e.g., electric eel, moray eel. DERIVATIVES eel like |-ˌlīk |adjective, eel y adjective ORIGIN Old English ǣl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aal and German Aal .

 

Oxford Dictionary

eel

eel |iːl | ▶noun a snake-like fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness. ●Order Anguilliformes: many families, in particular Anguillidae, which comprises mainly freshwater eels that breed in the sea, including the common Anguilla anguilla of Europe and A. rostrata of America. • used in names of unrelated fishes that resemble the true eels, e.g. electric eel, moray eel. DERIVATIVES eel-like adjective, eely adjective ORIGIN Old English ǣl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aal and German Aal .

 

Oxford Thesaurus

eel

eel noun WORD LINKS eel elver young anguilliform eel-shaped Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

eel

eel /iːl /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C ウナギ ; ウナギに似た魚 〘アナゴなど 〙; U (食材としての )ウナギ .(as ) sl ì ppery as an é el (ウナギのように )ぬるぬるして捕まえにくい ; とらえどころのない .