"gulper eel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gulper eels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gulper eel (plural gulper eels)
  1. Any of many fish of the order Saccopharyngiformes that resemble eels, and which are sometimes treated as true eels, members of Anguilliformes. Synonyms: saccopharyngiform
    Sense id: en-gulper_eel-en-noun-j8cXTHUz Categories (other): Eels Disambiguation of Eels: 45 55
  2. Any of many fish of the order Saccopharyngiformes that resemble eels, and which are sometimes treated as true eels, members of Anguilliformes.
    A pelican eel of species Eurypharynx pelecanoides of deep-sea eels.
    Synonyms: saccopharyngiform
    Sense id: en-gulper_eel-en-noun-v8TYWlT2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Eels Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Eels: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (fish): ahmattiankerias (Finnish), большеро́т (bolʹšerót) [masculine] (Russian), мешкоро́т (meškorót) [masculine] (Russian), pelikanålartad fisk [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'fish': 50 50

Inflected forms

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