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earthworm eel

earthworm eel noun: any species of small freshwater eel-like fish in the family Chaudhuriidae.

earthworm eel: any species of small freshwater eel-like fish in the family Chaudhuriidae
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Noun

earthworm eel (plural earthworm eels)

  1. Any species of small freshwater eel-like fish in the family Chaudhuriidae.
    Synonyms:
    spineless eel

earthworm eel meaning in Tamil

earthworm eel in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of earthworm eel

Forms of earthworm eel

pluralearthworm eels

Origin of earthworm eel

From earthworm + eel, from the resemblance to these animals. Though, this animal is neither an earthworm or a true eel.

Questions about earthworm eel

What does earthworm eel mean?
Earthworm eel means any species of small freshwater eel-like fish in the family Chaudhuriidae.
What is earthworm eel in Tamil?
Earthworm eel in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Earthworm eel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is earthworm eel?
Earthworm eel is a noun.
What is the plural of earthworm eel?
The plural of earthworm eel is earthworm eels.

Words near earthworm eel in the dictionary

  1. earthwomen
  2. earthwork
  3. earthworked
  4. earthworks
  5. earthworm
  6. earthworm eel
  7. earthworm eels
  8. earthwormlike
  9. earthworms
  10. earthy
  11. eartip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earthworm eel (page history and authors); earthworm eel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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