Definition of Eel 1. The fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled Noun 2. Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins Noun Semanticaly linked words with "eel" Hyponims for word "eel" etymology eelskin etymology eelspear etymology eely etymological origin of ele is derived from African eel is derived from European eel is derived from Japanese eel is derived from conger eel is derived from cutthroat eel is derived from duckbill eel is derived from eel-pout is derived from eelboat is derived from eelbuck is derived from eeled is derived from eeler is derived from eelfare is derived from eelfish is derived from eelgrass is derived from eeling is derived from eelish is derived from eellike is derived from eelpot is derived from eelpout is derived from eels is derived from eelskin is derived from eelspear is derived from eely is derived from electric eel is derived from glass eel is derived from moray eel is derived from mud eel is derived from sand eel is derived from sawtooth eel is derived from slippery as an eel is derived from snake eel is derived from snipe eel is derived from spaghetti eel is derived from thin eel is derived from worm eel