Eel, n.

n. [A.-S. ǽl, O. H. Ger. âl, N. H. Ger., Dan., & D. aal, Icel. áll, Sw. ål.] (Ichth.) A species of Anguilla, or of Muræna, &c., genera of soft-finned, snake-like fishes, belonging to the order Apodes. ☞ The common eel of the eastern United States is the Anguilla tenuirostris; the conger eel is the Muræna conger. The electrical eel of tropical South America belongs to the genus Gymnotus.