Phrase Hound found 48 phrases and 21 compound words that contain eels. The most common are listed below. Open eels in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 48
- electric eelsplural of electric eel: Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
- glass eelsplural of glass eel: Transparent larva of an eel.
- moray eelsplural of moray eel: Any of various brightly colored marine eels of the family Muraenidae, of warm coastal waters.
- sand eelsplural of sand eel: Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the family Ammodytidae.
- slime eelsplural of slime eel: Any of the primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
- snake-eelsplural of snake-eel: Any member of the family Ophichthidae of eels (order Anguilliformes).
- vinegar eelsplural of vinegar eel: Turbatrix aceti, a nematode that feeds on mother of vinegar.
- jellied eelsA dish of eels, cooked and then allowed to cool in their own juices.
- cusk-eelsplural of cusk-eel: Any fish of the family Ophidiidae
- gulper eelsplural of gulper eel: Any of many fish of the order Saccopharyngiformes that resemble eels, and which are sometimes treated as true eels, members of Anguilliformes.
- bastard eelsplural of bastard eel: A moray, Gymnothorax miliaris.
- Congo eelsplural of Congo eel: Any of the genus Amphiuma of aquatic salamanders.
- European eelsplural of European eel: A snake-like fish, reaching between 60 cm and 1.5 m in length, Anguilla anguilla.
- garden eelsplural of garden eel: Any of the subfamily Heterocongrinae in the conger eel family Congridae, which live in burrows on the sea floor.
- green eelsplural of green eel: An eel of the species Anguilla anguilla.
- Japanese eelsplural of Japanese eel: Am eel of species Anguilla japonica, found in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, as well as the northern Philippines.
- leopard eelsplural of leopard eel: Any of species Siren reticulata of aquatic salamander, endemic to the southeastern United States, first formally described in 2018.
- mud eelsplural of mud eel: Any heterenchelyid.
- neck eelsplural of neck eel: A type of pelagic fish found in the middle and depths of most oceans, of the family Derichthyidae.
- pelican eelsplural of pelican eel: A deep-sea eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides), the only known member of the genus Eurypharynx and family Eurypharyngidae, which is rarely seen by humans, although occasionally caught in fishing nets.
- rock eelsplural of rock eel: The flesh of any of several species of small sharks.
- rubber eelsplural of rubber eel: A species of aquatic caecilian, Typhlonectes natans, found in Colombia, Venezuela, and possibly Trinidad and Tobago.
- sea eelsplural of sea eel: A conger eel.
- silver eelsplural of silver eel: Ariosoma mellissii, a rare tropical marine eel.
- snowflake eelsplural of snowflake eel: A snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa).
Compound words 21
- bateelsplural of bateel: A type of traditional sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea.
- bootheelsplural of bootheel: The heel of a boot.
- Casteelsplural of Casteel: A surname.
- eelspearsplural of eelspear: A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
- kafeelsplural of kafeel: An employment sponsor in the kafala system.
- muncheelsplural of muncheel: A covered hammock litter developed in southwest India.
- refeelsthird-person singular simple present indicative of refeel: To feel again.
- reheelsthird-person singular simple present indicative of reheel: To fit (a shoe, stocking, etc.) with a replacement heel.
- repeelsthird-person singular simple present indicative of repeel: To peel again.
- rereelsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rereel: To reel again.