An-guill'i-fōrm, a.

a. [Lat. anguilla, eel, and forma; anguilla, dim. of anguis, serpent, Lith. angis, Skr. ahi, from angh, to go, suffix i.] In the form of an eel; resembling an eel.

The anguilliformes of Cuvier are species of fishes related to the eel. They are the Muranidæ of some authors. Dana.