eelpout

E1E1L1P3O1U1T1

noun

Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.

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OriginOld English ǣleputa →
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Meanings

nouneelpout (plural eelpouts)

plural eelpouts

  1. Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
  2. obsoleteA yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware, Ranunculus fluitans.

Synonyms & antonyms

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dogfishfish doctorslipskin

nounmarine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas

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pout
Broader
blennioid fishblennioid

nounelongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

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burbotlingcuskLota lota
Broader
codcodfish
Also see
burbotcuskfish doctorlingpout

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishǣleputa
  2. Englisheelpout

From Old English ǣleputa, equivalent to eel + pout.

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Translations

Bulgarian белдюга
  • белдюга (beldjuga)fish of the family Zoarcidae
Dutch puitaal
  • puitaalfish of the family Zoarcidae
Finnish kivinilkka
  • kivinilkkafish of the family Zoarcidae
German Aalmutter, Bartfisch
  • Aalmutterfish of the family Zoarcidae
  • Bartfischfish of the family Zoarcidae
Icelandic álakvabbi
  • álakvabbifish of the family Zoarcidae
Russian бельдю́га
  • бельдю́га (belʹdjúga)fish of the family Zoarcidae

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

eelpout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eelpout

MLA

“eelpout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eelpout. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eelpout,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eelpout.

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