marbled eel

noun

Anguilla seychellensis (Seychelles moray, marbled reef-eel)

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Meanings

nounmarbled eel (plural marbled eels)

plural marbled eels

  1. Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
    1. Anguilla seychellensis (Seychelles moray, marbled reef-eel)
    2. Anguilla reinhardtii (giant mottled eel)
    3. Callechelys marmorata (marbled snake eel)
    4. Gymnothorax obesus (speckled moray, marbled reef eel)
    5. Lepophidium marmoratum (marbled brotula, marbled cusk-eel
    6. Muraenolepis marmorata (marbled moray cod, marbled eel-cod)
    7. Mastacembelus vanderwaali (ocellated spiny eel, marbled spiny-eel)
    8. Mastacembelus armatus (large spiny eel, marbled spiny eel)
    9. Synbranchus marmoratus (marbled swamp eel, mottled swamp eel
    10. Torpedo sinuspersici (marbled electric eel, Gulf torpedo
    11. Uropterygius marmoratus (marbled reef-eel, slender conger eel
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