Meanings
nounglass eel (plural glass eels)
plural glass eels
- Transparent larva of an eel.
When these glass eels enter freshwater they transform again into elvers – miniature versions of the adult eels.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 69Synonyms: leptocephalus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTransparent larva of an eel.
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Translations
Catalan angula
- angulatransparent larva of an eel
Estonian leptotsefaali
- leptotsefaalitransparent larva of an eel
Finnish lasiankerias
- lasiankeriastransparent larva of an eel
French anguille de verre, civelle
- anguille de verretransparent larva of an eel
- civelletransparent larva of an eel
German Glasaal
- Glasaaltransparent larva of an eel
Swedish glasål
- glasåltransparent larva of an eel
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