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glass eels

glass eels is the plural of glass eel.

Meaning of glass eel

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

Questions about glass eels

What is glass eels the plural of?
Glass eels is the plural of glass eel.

Words near glass eels in the dictionary

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

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