electric eel

English

an electric eel

Noun

electric eel (plural electric eels)

1. (strictly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
2. (broadly) Any species of the genus Electrophorus.
3. A plumber's snake powered by electricity.
   • 2021, John Martin, Jack and the Jellybean Stalk

     Katherine put some Coloxyl down the drain, and we booked the plumber to come around the next day to use the electric eel on Jack.

Translations

species of fish

• Bulgarian: електрическа змиорка f (električeska zmiorka)
• Canela: pỳp
• Catalan: anguila elèctrica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電鰻／电鳗 (zh), 电鳗 (zh) (diànmán)

• Dutch: sidderaal (nl) m
• Finnish: sähköankerias
• Georgian: ელექტრული გველთევზა (elekṭruli gveltevza)
• German: Zitteraal m
• Greek: ηλεκτροφόρο χέλι n (ilektrofóro chéli), (colloquial) μουδιάστρα f (moudiástra)
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• Greenlandic: nimeriarluk
• Icelandic: hrökkáll m
• Japanese: 電気鰻 (デンキウナギ, denkiunagi), 痺鰻 (シビレウナギ, shibireunagi)
• Kayapó: mokokti
• Macedonian: електрична јагула (električna jagula)
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí, atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí
• Portuguese: enguia-elétrica f, poraquê m, peixe-elétrico (pt) m
• Russian: электри́ческий у́горь m (elektríčeskij úgorʹ)
• Spanish: anguila eléctrica f
• Tamil: மின் விலாங்குமீன் (miṉ vilāṅkumīṉ)