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glass eel

glass eel noun: transparent larva of an eel.

glass eel: transparent larva of an eel
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Noun

glass eel (plural glass eels)

  1. 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 69
    Synonyms:
    leptocephalus

Synonyms of glass eel

Forms of glass eel

pluralglass eels

Questions about glass eel

What does glass eel mean?
Glass eel means transparent larva of an eel.
What part of speech is glass eel?
Glass eel is a noun.
What is the plural of glass eel?
The plural of glass eel is glass eels.

Words near glass eel in the dictionary

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  2. glass delusions
  3. glass disease
  4. glass door
  5. glass doors
  6. glass eel
  7. glass eels
  8. glass electrode
  9. glass electrodes
  10. glass eye
  11. glass eyes

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