"European eel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: European eels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} European eel (plural European eels)
  1. A snake-like fish, reaching between 60 cm and 1.5 m in length, Anguilla anguilla. Wikipedia link: European eel Categories (lifeform): Eels Translations (fish): ibai-aingira (Basque), змиорка (zmiorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), anguila [feminine] (Catalan), anguila cabot (Catalan), anguila cabotera (Catalan), úhoř říční [masculine] (Czech), angerjas (Estonian), harilik angerjas (Estonian), jõeangerjas (Estonian), ankerias (Finnish), anguille d’Europe [feminine] (French), anguille commune [feminine] (French), anguía [feminine] (Galician), airoa [feminine] (Galician), Europäischer Aal [masculine] (German), ευρωπαϊκό χελι (evropaïkó cheli) [neuter] (Greek), európai angolna (Hungarian), eascann Eorpach [feminine] (Irish), ヨーロッパ鰻 (yōroppaunagi) (alt: ヨーロッパウナギ) (Japanese), sallur [masculine] (Maltese), enguia europeia [feminine] (Portuguese), anghilă europeană [feminine] (Romanian), țipar (european) [neuter] (Romanian), речно́й у́горь (rečnój úgorʹ) [masculine] (Russian), европе́йский у́горь (jevropéjskij úgorʹ) [masculine] (Russian), обыкнове́нный у́горь (obyknovénnyj úgorʹ) [masculine] (Russian), европе́йский речно́й у́горь (jevropéjskij rečnój úgorʹ) [masculine] (Russian), anguila [feminine] (Spanish), anguila común [feminine] (Spanish), anguila europea (Spanish), europeisk ål [common-gender] (Swedish), anweye [feminine] (Walloon), anweye d' Urope [feminine] (Walloon)

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