noun
Meaning 1
Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eelpout
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noun
Meaning 2
A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware, Ranunculus fluitans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burbot, ling, cusk, Lota lota
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cod, codfish
noun
Meaning 4
marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blennioid fish, blennioid
Narrower terms: viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus, fish doctor, Gymnelis viridis, ocean pout, Macrozoarces americanus
History
Etymology
From Old English ǣleputa, equivalent to eel + pout.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: белдюга (beldjuga) — fish of the family Zoarcidae
- Dutch: puitaal — fish of the family Zoarcidae
- Finnish: kivinilkka — fish of the family Zoarcidae
- German: Aalmutter — fish of the family Zoarcidae
- German: Bartfisch — fish of the family Zoarcidae
- Icelandic: álakvabbi — fish of the family Zoarcidae
- Russian: бельдю́га (belʹdjúga) — fish of the family Zoarcidae
- Serbo-Croatian: živorodac — fish of the family Zoarcidae