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Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
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eelpout
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The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae . As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel -like in appearance, with elongated bodies and the dorsal and anal fins continuous with the caudal fin . All of the roughly 300 species are marine ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 Any fish of the family Zoarcidae. 2 (context obsolete English) A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the (vern eel-ware pedia=1), (taxlink Ranunculus fluitans species noshow=1).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burbot \Bur"bot\, n. [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st Barb .] (Zo["o]l.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota , having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. Note: The fish is also called an eelpout or ling , and is allied ...
WordNet
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n. marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas [syn: pout ] elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot , ling , cusk , Lota lota ]
Usage examples of eelpout.
An eelpout wriggles feebly across the display, looking more like a dismembered finger than a fish.
He saw more eelpouts, like fat snakes hanging head down as though suspended in space.