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leopard eel

leopard eel noun: any of species Siren reticulata of aquatic salamander, endemic to the southeastern United States, first formally described in 2018.

leopard eel: any of species Siren reticulata of aquatic salamander, endemic to the southeastern United States,...
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Noun

leopard eel (plural leopard eels)

  1. Any of species Siren reticulata of aquatic salamander, endemic to the southeastern United States, first formally described in 2018.
  2. A species of marine eel, Myrichthys pardialis, known from the Atlantic Ocean, including the Canary Islands, Annobón Island, Equatorial Guinea, and São Tomé Island, that forms burrows in coarse sand sediments on rocky island coasts.

Synonyms of leopard eel

Forms of leopard eel

pluralleopard eels

Origin of leopard eel

From leopard + eel, referencing the patterns of these animals.

Questions about leopard eel

What does leopard eel mean?
Leopard eel means any of species Siren reticulata of aquatic salamander, endemic to the southeastern United States, first formally described in 2018.
What part of speech is leopard eel?
Leopard eel is a noun.
What is the plural of leopard eel?
The plural of leopard eel is leopard eels.

Words near leopard eel in the dictionary

  1. leopard cats
  2. leopard complex
  3. leopard crawl
  4. leopard crawls
  5. leopard cub
  6. leopard eel
  7. leopard eels
  8. leopard flower
  9. leopard flowers
  10. leopard frog
  11. leopard frogs

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