earthworm eel

noun

Etymology

From earthworm + eel, from the resemblance to these animals. Though, this animal is neither an earthworm or a true eel.

  1. inherited from *ēlaz
  2. inherited from *āl
  3. inherited from ǣl
  4. inherited from el
  5. compounded as earthworm eel — “earthworm + eel

Definitions

  1. Any species of small freshwater eel-like fish in the family Chaudhuriidae.

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