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# eel

noun (an eel, eels)

«eel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An eel is a long, thin fish that looks like a snake and has slippery skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on rivers and the sea, eels are fish with fins and gills, and some travel huge distances to breed; the electric eel can give an electric shock. «Slippery as an eel» describes someone hard to catch or pin down.

### Examples

- An eel slid out from under the rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/#x1)
- Eels look like snakes, but they are fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/#x2)
- The electric eel can give a strong shock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/#x3)
- The fisherman caught an eel in the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/#x4)
- The puppy was as slippery as an eel in the bath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/#x5)
- Some eels swim across the ocean to lay their eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/#x6)
- Moray eels hide in holes in the reef. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an eel, two eels. Starts with a vowel sound, so «an eel». Trap: eels are fish, not snakes or worms. The electric eel is not actually a true eel but a kind of knifefish.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eel.html) on Mova free.