Eel vs. Unagi
Eelnoun
Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
Eelnoun
The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.
Eelverb
To fish for eels.
Eelverb
To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.
Eelnoun
An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.
Eelnoun
the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
Eelnoun
voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
Eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage, and most are predators.
Unaginoun
A type of sushi made from freshwater eel.
Unagi
Unagi (ウナギ) is the Japanese word for freshwater eel, especially the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica (日本鰻, nihon unagi). Unagi is a common ingredient in Japanese cooking, often as kabayaki.
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