pug-nosed eel

pug-nosed eel
noun
: a deep-sea eel (Simenchelys parasiticus) having a shorter and stouter body than the common eel and a short blunt nose and burrowing into the bodies of other fishes

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  • Pug-nose eel — Pug nose Pug nose A short, thick nose; a snubnose. {Pug nosed }, a. [1913 Webster] {Pug nose eel} (Zo[ o]l.), a deep water marine eel ({Simenchelys parasiticus}) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of the halibut. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pug-nosed — Pug nose Pug nose A short, thick nose; a snubnose. {Pug nosed }, a. [1913 Webster] {Pug nose eel} (Zo[ o]l.), a deep water marine eel ({Simenchelys parasiticus}) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of the halibut. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pug nose — A short, thick nose; a snubnose. {Pug nosed }, a. [1913 Webster] {Pug nose eel} (Zo[ o]l.), a deep water marine eel ({Simenchelys parasiticus}) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of the halibut. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Simenchelys parasiticus — Pug nose Pug nose A short, thick nose; a snubnose. {Pug nosed }, a. [1913 Webster] {Pug nose eel} (Zo[ o]l.), a deep water marine eel ({Simenchelys parasiticus}) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of the halibut. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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