Meanings
nounelectric eel (plural electric eels)
plural electric eels
- strictlyElectrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
- broadlyAny species of the genus Electrophorus.
- A plumber's snake powered by electricity.
Katherine put some Coloxyl down the drain, and we booked the plumber to come around the next day to use the electric eel on Jack.
2021, John Martin, Jack and the Jellybean Stalk
Synonyms & antonyms
nouneel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
Similar
Electrophorus electricus
Broader
cypriniform fish
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian електрическа змиорка
- електрическа змиорка (električeska zmiorka)species of fish
Catalan anguila elèctrica
- anguila elèctricaspecies of fish
Chinese Mandarin 電鰻 /电鳗
- 電鰻 /电鳗 (diànmán)species of fish
Dutch sidderaal
- sidderaalspecies of fish
Finnish sähköankerias
- sähköankeriasspecies of fish
French anguille électrique
- anguille électriquespecies of fish
German Zitteraal
- Zitteraalspecies of fish
Greek ηλεκτροφόρο χέλι, μουδιάστρα
- ηλεκτροφόρο χέλι (ilektrofóro chéli)species of fish
- μουδιάστρα (moudiástra)species of fish
Hungarian elektromos angolna
- elektromos angolnaspecies of fish
Icelandic hrökkáll
- hrökkállspecies of fish
Indonesian belut listrik
- belut listrikspecies of fish
Japanese 電気鰻, 痺鰻
- 電気鰻 (denkiunagi)species of fish
- 痺鰻 (shibireunagi)species of fish
Korean 전기뱀장어
- 전기뱀장어 (jeon'gibaemjang'eo)species of fish
Malay belut elektrik
- belut elektrikspecies of fish
Polish strętwa, trzęsawiec
- strętwaspecies of fish
- trzęsawiecspecies of fish
- węgorz elektrycznyspecies of fish
Portuguese enguia-elétrica, poraquê
- enguia-elétricaspecies of fish
- poraquêspecies of fish
- peixe-elétricospecies of fish
Russian электри́ческий у́горь
- электри́ческий у́горь (elektríčeskij úgorʹ)species of fish
Spanish anguila eléctrica
- anguila eléctricaspecies of fish
Tamil மின் விலாங்குமீன்
- மின் விலாங்குமீன் (miṉ vilāṅkumīṉ)species of fish
Turkish elektrikli yılan balığı
- elektrikli yılan balığıspecies of fish
Cite this entry
APA
electric eel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electric%20eel
MLA
“electric eel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electric%20eel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electric eel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electric%20eel.
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