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eelery

eelery noun: a place where eels are caught.

Noun

eelery (plural eeleries)

  1. A place where eels are caught.
    • Denied former access at Bonneville Dam, Willamette Falls became a more important eelery for the Sahaptians.Darby C. Stapp, Journal of Northwest Anthropology (volume 46, number 1, page 73)

Forms of eelery

pluraleeleries

Origin of eelery

From eel + -ery.

Questions about eelery

What does eelery mean?
Eelery means a place where eels are caught.
What part of speech is eelery?
Eelery is a noun.
What is the plural of eelery?
The plural of eelery is eeleries.

Words near eelery in the dictionary

  1. eeled
  2. Eeleima
  3. eeler
  4. eeleries
  5. eelers
  6. eelery
  7. eelfare
  8. eelfares
  9. eelgrass
  10. eelgrass isopod
  11. eelgrass isopods

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