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European eel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A snake-like fish, reaching between 60 cm and 1.5 m in length, Anguilla anguilla.

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  • Asturian: anguila — fish
  • Basque: ibai-aingira — fish
  • Bulgarian: змиорка (zmiorka) — fish
  • Catalan: anguila — fish
  • Catalan: anguila cabot — fish
  • Catalan: anguila cabotera — fish
  • Czech: úhoř říční — fish
  • Estonian: angerjas — fish
  • Estonian: harilik angerjas — fish
  • Estonian: jõeangerjas — fish
  • Finnish: ankerias — fish
  • French: anguille d'Europe — fish
  • French: anguille commune — fish
  • Galician: anguía — fish
  • Galician: airoa — fish
  • German: Europäischer Aal — fish
  • Greek: ευρωπαϊκό χελι (evropaïkó cheli) — fish
  • Hungarian: európai angolna — fish
  • Irish: eascann Eorpach — fish
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパ鰻 (yōroppaunagi) — fish
  • Maltese: sallur — fish
  • Polish: węgorz europejski — fish
  • Portuguese: enguia europeia — fish
  • Romanian: anghilă europeană — fish
  • Romanian: țipar (european) — fish
  • Russian: речно́й у́горь (rečnój úgorʹ) — fish
  • Russian: европе́йский у́горь (jevropéjskij úgorʹ) — fish
  • Russian: обыкнове́нный у́горь (obyknovénnyj úgorʹ) — fish
  • Russian: европе́йский речно́й у́горь (jevropéjskij rečnój úgorʹ) — fish
  • Spanish: anguila — fish
  • Spanish: anguila común — fish
  • Spanish: anguila europea — fish
  • Swedish: europeisk ål — fish
  • Walloon: anweye — fish
  • Walloon: anweye d' Urope — fish