Meanings
plural zangees
- The marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus).
The truth is that the zangee, more formally known as Synbranchus marmoratus, is actually a type of fish. With their slippery, elongated body (up to 1.5 metres long), the confusion is completely understandable.
2014 May 15, “Is it a snake? Is it an eel? No, it's a zangee!”, in amydeacon.weebly.comSynonyms: marbled swamp eel, neotropical swamp eel, marmorated swamp eel, mottled swamp eel, muçum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus).
Origin
- Frenchanguille“eel”
- Englishzangee
Trinidadian alteration of French anguille (“eel”).
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zangee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zangee
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