electric eel

English

an electric eel

Noun

electric eel (plural electric eels)

1. Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
2. A plumber's snake powered by electricity.

Translations

species of fish

• Bulgarian: електрическа змиорка f (električeska zmiorka)
• 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
• Japanese: 電気鰻 (デンキウナギ, denkiunagi), 痺鰻 (シビレウナギ, shibireunagi)
• 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)