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spiny eel

spiny eel noun: any freshwater fish, similar to but not related to the true eels, of the family Mastacembelidae.

Noun

spiny eel (plural spiny eels)

  1. Any freshwater fish, similar to but not related to the true eels, of the family Mastacembelidae.
  2. Any marine fish of family Notacanthidae, a deep-sea spiny eel.

spiny eel meaning in Tamil and Assamese

spiny eel in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

spiny eel in Assamese

spiny eel
বামী bami

Forms of spiny eel

pluralspiny eels

Questions about spiny eel

What does spiny eel mean?
Spiny eel means any freshwater fish, similar to but not related to the true eels, of the family Mastacembelidae.
What is spiny eel in Tamil?
Spiny eel in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Spiny eel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spiny eel?
Spiny eel is a noun.
What is the plural of spiny eel?
The plural of spiny eel is spiny eels.

Words near spiny eel in the dictionary

  1. spiny broom
  2. spiny cocklebur
  3. spiny cockleburs
  4. spiny coriander
  5. spiny dogfish
  6. spiny eel
  7. spiny eels
  8. spiny hopsage
  9. spiny lizard
  10. spiny lizards
  11. spiny lobster

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spiny eel (page history and authors); spiny eel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বামী (Assamese) (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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