1 Towards the centre of the pier pipefish, mussels galore, conger and common eels, ballan wrasse and cuttlefish lurked. 2  There are also rudd, bream, eels, gudgeon, crucian carp, tench, minnows, perch, sticklebacks, the odd trout, pike and barbel present. The noun EEL has 2 senses: 1. the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled. 2. voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins. Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of eel): elver (young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried). Holonyms (eel is a part of...): common eel; freshwater eel (eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked). 1 There are also rudd, bream, eels, gudgeon, crucian carp, tench, minnows, perch, sticklebacks, the odd trout, pike and barbel present. 2  If you hook the eel further back, the body of the eel will fold up along the shank of the hook causing it to spin and you can do without that hassle. : a basket that is used for carrying fish that have just been caught. More example sentences. 1  Towards the centre of the pier pipefish, mussels galore, conger and common eels, ballan wrasse and cuttlefish lurked. 2  There are also rudd, bream, eels, gudgeon, crucian carp, tench, minnows, perch, sticklebacks, the odd trout, pike and barbel present. 1.1 Used in names of unrelated fishes that resemble the true eels, e.g. electric eel, moray eel. Example sentences. 1  Electric eels are not really eels, they are actually ostariophysians, but have a strong physical resemblance to true eels. Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of eel): elver (young eel). common eel; freshwater eel (eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked). Full Definition of CREEL. 1. : a wicker basket (as for carrying newly caught fish). 2. : a bar with skewers for holding bobbins in a spinning machine.
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