eel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
Types & categories
- fish hypernym
- smoked eel hyponym
- elver hyponym
Parts & wholes
- common eel part holonym
Sense 2 noun
voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
Types & categories
- soft-finned fish hypernym
- elver hyponym
- common eel hyponym
- Anguilla sucklandii hyponym
- moray hyponym
- conger hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Anguilliformes member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | common eel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smoked eel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elver |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Anguilliformes |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | soft-finned fish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | elver |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | common eel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Anguilla sucklandii |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | moray |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conger |