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How to pronounce eel in English?

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Type Words
Type of fish
Has types smoked eel, elver
Type Words
Type of malacopterygian, soft-finned fish
Has types moray eel, tuna, common eel, conger, conger eel, elver, freshwater eel, moray, anguilla sucklandii

Examples of eel

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Japan consumes seven-tenths of the global eel catch and is now feeling the heat.
From the economist.com
Straight eel worked for some, and grass shrimp and eel combos worked for others.
From the sacbee.com
There are vats of squid and tubs of eel and whole tuna the size of human torsos.
From the time.com
The skins come from the slithery saltwater hagfish, also known as the slime eel.
From the time.com
The menu includes updated Belgian classics such as eel stewed in cream and herbs.
From the cnn.com
A giant eel may be possible, but eels don't have humps that all move in unison.
From the theepochtimes.com
It might seem like a dramatic loss, but the apectoral eel isn't going it alone.
From the newscientist.com
Though it lacks the mouth-filling oiliness of eel, it still does a brilliant job.
From the guardian.co.uk
Baits continued to be ghost or grass shrimp, with eel also producing some action.
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  • The fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
  • Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
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