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Family of fishes
Snipe eels are a family, Nemichthyidae, of eels that consists of nine species in three genera. They are pelagic fishes, found in every ocean, mostly at
Snipe_eel
Species of fish
The slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus), also known as the deep sea duck, is a fish that can weigh only a few ounces, yet reach 5 feet or 1.5 m
Slender_snipe_eel
Common name for wading birds
a sharpshooter or a shooter who makes distant shots from concealment. Snipe eel Woodcock Černý, David; Natale, Rossy (2022). "Comprehensive taxon sampling
Snipe
Monotypic genus of fish
only species in the genus is Cyema atrum, the arrow eel, bobtail eel, bobtail snipe eel or deepwater eel. This species has circumglobal distribution. Cyema
Cyema
Order of fishes
(spaghetti eels) Family Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810 (freshwater eels) Family Nemichthyidae Kaup. 1859 (snipe eels or threadtail snipe eels) Family Serrivomeridae
Eel
Eel life cycle
fishermen never caught anything they recognized as juvenile eels, the life cycle of the eel was long a mystery. Of particular interest has been the search
Eel_life_history
Family of fishes
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (/ˈmɒreɪ, məˈreɪ/), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 16 genera
Moray_eel
List of common names used to refer to fish
gourami Bluntnose knifefish Bluntnose minnow Boafish Boarfish Bobtail snipe eel Bocaccio Boga Bombay duck Bonefish Bonito Bonnethead shark Bonnetmouth
List_of_fish_by_common_name
Species of fish
The avocet snipe eel (Avocettina infans) is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae, found in all oceans except the Mediterranean and the eastern Pacific
Avocet_snipe_eel
English dish made from chopped eels
Jellied eels is a traditional English dish that originated in the 18th century, primarily in the East End of London. The dish consists of chopped eels boiled
Jellied_eels
Species of fish
sawtooth eel (Serrivomer beanii, also known commonly as the longfin sawpalate, the saw-tooth snipe eel, the sawtooth eel, the shortnosed snipe eel, and the
Bean's_sawtooth_eel
Species of fish
The pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) is a deep-sea eel. It is the only known member of the genus Eurypharynx and the family Eurypharyngidae. The
Pelican_eel
that are based on the names of birds: Avocet snipe eel Bird wrasse Blackline penguinfish Bobtail snipe eel Bombay duck (a lizardfish) Cockfish Cockatoo
List of fish named after animals
List_of_fish_named_after_animals
Juvenile eel
leptocephalus (meaning "slim head") is the flat and transparent larva of eels and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha. This is one of the most
Leptocephalus
around the world. Japan consumes more than 70 percent of the global eel catch. Eel blood is poisonous to humans and other mammals, but both cooking and
Eel_as_food
Species of fish
The Yano's snipe eel (Labichthys yanoi) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Giles Willis Mead and Ira Rubinoff in 1966
Yano's_snipe_eel
Traditional British food
Cockney classic". It typically consists of a minced beef pie (formerly also eel pie) served with mashed potato and a parsley sauce known as liquor, with
Pie_and_mash
Family of fishes
"Anguilloidei" with two other families: Nemichthyidae (snipe eels) and Serrivomeridae (sawtooth eels). Until 2013, this subclass had been lumped together
Anguillidae
Samoan origin story
Sina and the Eel is a myth of origins in Samoan mythology, which explains the origins of the first coconut tree. In the Samoan language the legend is
Sina_and_the_Eel
Family of fishes
Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, the only members of the suborder Synaphobranchoidei. They are found worldwide in temperate and
Cutthroat_eel
Slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus Deepwater arrowtooth eel, Histiobranchus bathybius Robins's cutthroat eel, Ilyophis arx Saldanha's cutthroat eel, Ilyophis
List of fishes of Great Britain
List_of_fishes_of_Great_Britain
Genus of fishes
of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species: Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916) (Southern snipe-eel) Avocettina
Avocettina
Species of fish
Nemichthys curvirostris, the boxer snipe eel, is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae. Like other snipe eels, they have incredibly narrow and elongated
Nemichthys_curvirostris
fish named after animals: Alligator gar Alligatorfish Anemonefish Avocet snipe eel Bird wrasse Boarfish Bat ray Buffalofish Bull shark Bull trout Butterflyfish
List of animals named after other animals
List_of_animals_named_after_other_animals
NG White sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, JF SG NG NS SS HC Slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus, JF SG NS Northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax,
List of fishes of the Salish Sea
List_of_fishes_of_the_Salish_Sea
Species of fish
Avocettina acuticeps, the southern snipe eel or southern fintail snipe eel, is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Charles
Avocettina_acuticeps
Beluga, Huso huso (Belugastør) European eel, Anguilla anguilla (Ål) Conger eel, Conger conger (Havål) Slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Langhalet
List_of_fishes_of_Denmark
Genus of fishes
of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species: Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (boxer snipe-eel) Nemichthys
Nemichthys
curvirostris (Boxer Snipe Eel) — Rare, deep water Nemichthys larseni (Larsen's Snipe Eel) — Rare, deep water Nemichthys scolopaceus (Slender Snipe Eel) — Rare, deep
List_of_fishes_of_California
Conger eel in Japanese food
Anago (穴子, or アナゴ) is the Japanese word for saltwater eels, normally referring to ma-anago (Conger myriaster). Ma-anago are used for a seafood dish in
Anago
Family of fishes
as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis ("serpent") and ichthys ("fish"). Snake eels are also burrowing eels. They are named
Ophichthidae
Japanese eel dish
Kabayaki (蒲焼) is a preparation of fish, especially unagi eel, where the fish is split down the back (or belly), gutted and boned, butterflied, cut into
Kabayaki
Family of fishes
Sawtooth eels are a family, Serrivomeridae, of eels found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide. Sawtooth eels get their name from the human-like arrangement
Sawtooth_eel
Japanese rice dish topped with eel filets
"eel bowl") is a dish originating in Japan. It consists of a donburi type large bowl filled with steamed white rice, and topped with fillets of eel (unagi)
Unadon
Superorder of fishes
Nemichthyidae Günther 1870 (snipe eels) Family Serrivomeridae Roule 1929 (sawtooth eels) Family Anguillidae Rafinesque 1810 (freshwater eels) Suborder Saccopharyngoidei
Elopomorpha
Species of fish
commonly as the sawtooth eel, the saw-tooth snipe or the deep-sea eel, is an eel in the family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth eels). It was described by Samuel
Serrivomer_sector
Annual celebration in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK
Ely Eel Day is an annual celebration observed by the people of Ely, Cambridgeshire to celebrate the city's namesake — the eel. The celebrations start
Ely_Eel_Day
Fauna found in deep-sea areas
the characteristics that deep-sea fishes have for this purpose. The gulper eel is one example of an organism that displays these characteristics. Fish in
Deep-sea_fish
Family of fishes
Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from
Congridae
reef-eel Nemichthys scolopaceus (native), slender snipe-eel Nettenchelys taylori (native) Bascanichthys deraniyagalai (native), Indian longtailed sand-eel
List_of_fishes_of_India
Order of fishes
families in two suborders are: Suborder Cyematoidei Cyematidae (bobtail snipe eels) Suborder Saccopharyngoidei Eurypharyngidae (gulpers) Monognathidae (one-jaws)
Saccopharyngiforms
Genus of fishes
Labichthys is a genus of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species: Labichthys carinatus T. N. Gill and
Labichthys
Fish in the pelagic zone of ocean waters
uncommon. Deep sea benthic fish are usually long and narrow. Many are eels or shaped like eels. This may be because long bodies have long lateral lines. Lateral
Pelagic_fish
Topics referred to by the same term
to: Boxer crab Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans Boxer snipe eel, Nemichthys curvirostris Boxer TV Access, a Swedish digital TV provider
Boxer
Family of fishes
Longneck eels or neck eels are a family, Derichthyidae, of eels. They are pelagic fishes, found in the middle and depths of most oceans. The name comes
Longneck_eel
Family of fishes
The Muraenesocidae, or pike congers, are a small family of marine eels found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Some species are known to enter
Muraenesocidae
Caribbean mud eel (Pythonichthys sanguineus) Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) African longfin eel (Anguilla mossambica) Avocet snipe eel (Avocettina
List_of_least_concern_fishes
Genus of fishes
Neocyema erythrosoma is a species of pelagic fish, a deep-water bobtail snipe eel in the family Cyematidae. It is the only member of its genus, Neocyema
Neocyema
Species of fish
The thread eel (Serrivomer bertini, also known as the thread sawtooth eel) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Marie-Louise
Thread_eel
Genus of fishes
of deep-sea eels with large mouths, distensible stomachs and long, scaleless bodies. Commonly, these fish are called gulpers or gulper eels. It is the
Saccopharynx
Taiwanese noodle dish
Eel noodles (Chinese: 鱔魚意麵; pinyin: shànyú yìmiàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-hî ì-mī) are a Taiwanese noodle dish consisting of thick, chewy, egg noodles with
Eel_noodles
Family of fishes
family of eels commonly known as spaghetti eels or worm eels, although the latter name is also shared with other families of eels. Moringuid eels are found
Moringuidae
Mythical creature from Melanesian mythology
Abaia is a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology. According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of
Abaia
Genus of fishes
Protanguilla palau is a species of eel, the only species in the genus Protanguilla (first eel), which is in turn the only genus in its family, Protanguillidae
Protanguilla
Species of fish
distinguished from the related sawtooth eels by its reduced dentition, which more resemble those of the snipe eel. It is of no significance to fisheries
Stemonidium
Topics referred to by the same term
genus of wading birds, Recurvirostra. Avocet may also refer to: Avocet snipe eel, a fish Avro Avocet, a 1920s British naval fighter aircraft prototype
Avocet_(disambiguation)
Class of lobe-finned fishes
Species of Latimeria are opportunistic feeders, hunting cuttlefish, squid, snipe eels, small sharks, and other fish found in their deep reef and volcanic slope
Coelacanth
Sakurabisu (サクラビス) (0368) Water Clamperl (#366) —N/a It is based on the snipe eel. Despite its appearance, it is a cruel species. It stabs its mouth inside
List of generation III Pokémon
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the 1970s. Eels are sensitive of environmental pollution, but the fishing of eel has also increased, especially in French waters. As eels migrate long
List_of_fishes_of_Sweden
List of terms used in biology
snake, Erythrolamprus cursor cursor curvirostris L curved beak boxer snipe eel, Nemichthys curvirostris; curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre
List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
List_of_Latin_and_Greek_words_commonly_used_in_systematic_names
Family of fishes
στόμα (stóma), meaning "mouth", are a family of eels known as the duckbill eels or witch eels. Duckbill eels are found along the continental slopes of tropical
Nettastomatidae
2004 book on evolution by Richard Dawkins & Yan Wong
been elongated to resemble strands of seaweed. The snipe eel has been stretched, while the gulper eel sports grotesquely large jaws. The ocean sunfish,
The_Ancestor's_Tale
Fish dish
Eel soups are a type of fish soup eaten in the cuisines of countries of Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The German Hamburg Aalsuppe is made by adding
Eel_soup
Native Not evaluated Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 Slender snipe eel Native Not evaluated Ordo: Clupeiformes Family: Clupeidae Alosa alosa
List of fishes of the North Sea
List_of_fishes_of_the_North_Sea
Species of fish
was retrieved using a trawl, and the specimen was found to have three snipe eels totaling 12.3 grams in its stomach. Since only 5% of nutrition produced
Humpback_anglerfish
Species of fish
is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Marie-Louise Bauchot in 1953. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is
Crossthroat_sawpalate
Suborder of fishes
marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this suborder are distributed in the tropical and temperate seas
Muraenoidei
Food made with eels
Eel pies have been eaten since at least the 13th or 14th centuries. Eels have been consumed in Britain since at least the eighth century, and in standing
Eel_pie
Genus of fishes
Monognathus, or onejaw, is the only genus of the family Monognathidae of deep-sea eels. The name comes from the Greek monos meaning "one" and gnathos meaning "jaw"
Monognathus
Genus of fishes
Myroconger is the only genus of eels, the thin eels, in the family Myrocongridae. Very little is known about the group. Until recently, only a single
Myroconger
Maurolicus mucronatus , Sternoptychidae Nemichthys scolopaceus , Slender snipe eel, Nemichthyidae Stomias affinis , Gnther's boafish, Stomiidae Red Sea
List of deep water fish of the Red Sea
List_of_deep_water_fish_of_the_Red_Sea
American children's writer and illustrator (1952–2021)
nautilus, oarfish, goblin shark, snipe eel, vampire squid, siphonophore, marine hatchetfish pram bug, pelican eel, deep sea jellyfish, arrow worm, deep-sea
Steve_Jenkins_(author)
Suborder of eels
Nemichthyidae Kaup. 1859 (snipe eels or threadtail snipe eels) Serrivomeridae Trewavas, 1932 (sawtooth eels) Cyematidae Regan, 1912 (bobtail eels) Monognathidae
Anguilloidei
Family of fishes
Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this family are found in coral reefs worldwide. As their name suggests, they somewhat resemble moray eels in appearance
Chlopsidae
Species of fish
Nemichthys larseni is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Jørgen G. Nielsen and David G. Smith in 1978. It is a marine
Nemichthys_larseni
Species of fish
eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Theodore Gill and John Adam Ryder in 1883. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which
Labichthys_carinatus
Regional biodiversity species list
– snipe eels Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916) (offshore Cape to Natal) Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (off the Cape) Slender snipe-eel, Nemichthys
List of marine vertebrates of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay
List_of_marine_vertebrates_of_the_Cape_Peninsula_and_False_Bay
Species of fish
Avocettina paucipora is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Jørgen G. Nielsen and David G. Smith in 1978. It is a marine
Avocettina_paucipora
Species of fish
bowersii is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Samuel Garman in 1899. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known
Avocettina_bowersii
Type of fish hook used for catching eels
A sniggle is a type of fish hook used for catching eels (known as snigs), using the method of sniggling. A typical method of sniggling is to tie a fishing
Sniggle
Genus of lobe-finned fishes from the Indian Ocean
drift-hunters. Coelacanths are opportunistic feeders, hunting cuttlefish, squid, snipe eels, small sharks, and other fish found in their deep reef and volcanic slope
Latimeria
Suborder of fishes
belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. These eels are mostly marine, although a few species of snake eel will enter freshwater, and they are found
Congroidei
Family of fishes
The Heterenchelyidae or mud eels are a small family of eels native to the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and eastern Pacific. Heterenchelyids are bottom-dwelling
Heterenchelyidae
Event in which a dead eel is thrown
traditional event in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, in which a dead conger eel is thrown at members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The
Conger_cuddling
Sublist of the List of marine fishes of South Africa
Japan and Hawaii) Family: Cyematidae – Arrow eels Bobtail eel or snipe eel or scissorjaw eel or arrow eel, Cyema atrum Günther, 1878 (Off southwest coast)
List of marine bony fishes of South Africa
List_of_marine_bony_fishes_of_South_Africa
Freshwater loch in South Ayrshire, Scotland
Snipe Loch (NS385173) or Loch Snipe is a freshwater loch. It is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road next to Clocaird Farm in the Parish
Snipe_Loch
Clan Mother of the Mohawk nation
Nation Dyoninho’ga’we’ Evelyn Jonathan Wolf Seneca Ganohgi’da:wi Janet Hill Snipe Seneca Sadyenawat Linda Logan Bear Seneca Ga’nogae Darlene J Turtle Seneca
Yakoyaner
Indigenous confederacy in North America
Expeditionary Force (CEF), where their skills at hunting made them excellent as snipers and scouts. As the Haudenosaunee Six Nations were considered the most martial
Haudenosaunee
Nature reserve in the United Kingdom
Ouse Washes are the most important site in England and Wales for breeding snipe, and also hold good populations of lapwings and redshanks and oystercatchers
Ouse_Washes
Book by Ricky Gervais
large fish-like Flanimal that asks if it’s ugly, even if it knows. Klug Snipe – a hideous aquatic Flanimal that is actually full of love and wants to
Flanimals_of_the_Deep
Lake in Counties Meath and Westmeath, Ireland
life at Lough Bane includes little grebe, cormorant, lapwing, curlew and snipe. The lake waters host a number of stonewort algae species: Chara rudis,
Lough_Bane
Title within Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Tsa’degaohyes Level skies Snipe 45 S-3 Sag,’jo:wa Great forehead Hawk 46 S-4 Ga’nogae Turtle 47 S-5 Nishayene<nha Falling day Snipe 48 S-6 Sadyenawat Grasps
Royaner
fault). mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat My hovercraft is full of eels A relatively common recent Latinization inspired by the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
after his Training A-Train film got shelved. The Deep kills Adam via an eel that emerged from the toilet. The Church of the Collective is a cult that
List_of_The_Boys_characters
Topics referred to by the same term
in genetics and bioinformatics: initialism 'SNP' is pronounced 'snip' Snipe (disambiguation) Snipper, another term for a strimmer for cutting grass
Snip
Village in Harstad Municipality, Norway
this area) birds in this area including swan, black-throated loon, dipper, snipe, Eurasian curlew, Eurasian whimbrel, northern lapwing, and a variety of
Sørvika
after taking his car. Greengrass attempts to take advantage of some jellied eels brought by Nick's grandfather, but soon causes a scene. Blaketon discovers
List_of_Heartbeat_episodes
Ecoregion in Europe
Agriades optilete, amphibians like the moor frog and birds such as common snipe, swamp harrier, golden plover. Open landscapes such as fields, heaths and
Atlantic_mixed_forests
Doctor Silk Diseased Squirrel Dragonfly Earth Angel (Teresa) Eddy Donovan Eel Elya Elzy Emil Sosa Enrico Emile N’Dour Erica Pierce (Mothergod) Eternal
List of Valiant Comics characters
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Flora and fauna of the US state of Missouri
Pied-billed grebe Great blue heron Canada goose Mallard Wood duck Killdeer Common snipe American woodcock Turkey vulture Red-tailed hawk Cooper's hawk Red-shouldered
Wildlife_of_Missouri
SNIPE EEL
SNIPE EEL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of or patronymic from Snipe.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Americanized spelling of German Kneip.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian
Young Crescent
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Prince; King of Eelam
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Hebrew Eliyah, EELIS means "the Lord is my God."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a trapper or hunter, in particular someone who caught fish, especially eels, by setting up wicker traps in rivers and estuaries, from Middle English wile ‘trap’, ‘snare’ (late Old English wīl ‘contrivance’, ‘trick’ possibly of Scandinavian origin), or in some cases probably a nickname for a devious person.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Parakeet from Eelam; Beautiful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called. For the most part they derive from the Old English personal name Ella or Elli (see Ellington) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. One in Berkshire, however, gets its first element from the Old English female personal name Æ{dh}elflǣd (composed of the elements æ{dh}el ‘noble’ + flǣd ‘beauty’). One in Cambridgeshire has its first element from the personal name Æ{dh}elhēah (composed of the elements æ{dh}el ‘noble’ + hēah ‘high’). The place of this name in County Durham probably gets its first element from Old English ǣl ‘eel’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of various places in England and southern Scotland, for example in North Yorkshire near Bedale, in the Lowlands near Biggar, and in Suffolk, so named with Old English snæp ‘area of boggy land’. In Sussex the dialect term snape is still used of boggy, uncultivable land.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Eales.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Wiltshire named Stype.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a personal name, Old English SnÄ«p or Old Norse SnÃpr.English : habitational name from a place so called in former Northumberland.
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Young Son; Song of Eelam
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Gem of Eelam
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from a place called Elham, in Kent, or a lost place of this name in Crayford, Kent. The first is derived from Old English Ç£l ‘eel’ + hÄm ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’. There is also an Elam Grange in Bingley, West Yorkshire, but the current distribution of the name in the British Isles suggests that it did not contribute significantly to the surname.
Girl/Female
Australian, Finnish
Woman of Intelligence
Male
Celtic
, snipe(?).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + gē ‘district’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.Nathaniel Ely was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
SNIPE EEL
SNIPE EEL
Boy/Male
Indian
Pilgrimage site km from city mecca
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
A Classical Melody
Girl/Female
Indian
A narrator of Hadith
Male
Ukrainian
, small.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Rama & Krishna
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Greek, Latin
Goddess of Love / Beauty
Girl/Female
Tamil
Evening, Twilight, Dusk
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Moon, Like a Moon, Moon loved
Boy/Male
Muslim
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various minor places called Worthy, from Old English worðig, a derivative of worð ‘enclosure’.English : nickname for a respected member of the community, from Middle English worthy ‘valuable’ (a derivative of worth ‘value’, ‘merit’, Old English weorð).
SNIPE EEL
SNIPE EEL
SNIPE EEL
SNIPE EEL
SNIPE EEL
n.
A fool; a blockhead.
n.
The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.
n.
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
n.
A snipe.
n.
A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.
v. t.
To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.
n.
One who snips.
a.
Like a snipe.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Snip
n.
The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.
n.
The common snipe.
imp. & p. p.
of Snip
n.
The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Swipe
a.
Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods.
n.
See Squat snipe, under Squat.
n.
A flock of snipe.
imp. & p. p.
of Swipe
a.
Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidae, or Snipe family.
n.
A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.