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    FRESHWATER EEL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smokedplay

    Synonyms:

    common eel; freshwater eel

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("freshwater eel" is a kind of...):

    eel (voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins)

    Meronyms (parts of "freshwater eel"):

    eel (the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled)

    Holonyms ("freshwater eel" is a member of...):

    Anguilla; genus Anguilla (type genus of the Anguillidae: eels)

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