eelpout

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
noun elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

From Old English ǣleputa, equivalent to eel + pout.

Among the fish that the Nautilus startled on its way, I’ll mention a one-meter lumpfish, blackish on top with orange on the belly and rare among its brethren in that it practices monogamy, a good-sized eelpout, a type of emerald moray whose flavor is excellent, wolffish with big eyes in a head somewhat resembling a canine’s, viviparous blennies whose eggs hatch inside their bodies like those of snakes, bloated gobio (or black gudgeon) measuring two decimeters, grenadiers with long tails and gleaming with a silvery glow, speedy fish venturing far from their High Arctic seas. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

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