EELPOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eelpout mean? 

• EELPOUT (noun)
  The noun EELPOUT has 2 senses:

1. marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas

2. elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

  Familiarity information: EELPOUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EELPOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

eelpout; pout

Hypernyms ("eelpout" is a kind of...):

blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eelpout"):

viviparous eelpout; Zoarces viviparus (an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous)

fish doctor; Gymnelis viridis (brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout)

Macrozoarces americanus; ocean pout (common along northeastern coast of North America)

Holonyms ("eelpout" is a member of...):

family Zoarcidae; Zoarcidae (eelpouts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

burbot; cusk; eelpout; ling; Lota lota

Hypernyms ("eelpout" is a kind of...):

cod; codfish (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)