"garden eel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: garden eels [plural]
Etymology: These eels are often found in groups, poking their heads up from their burrows, and thus resemble plants in a garden. Head templates: {{en-noun}} garden eel (plural garden eels)
  1. Any of the subfamily Heterocongrinae in the conger eel family Congridae, which live in burrows on the sea floor. Wikipedia link: garden eel Categories (lifeform): Eels

Inflected forms

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