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eelpout

noun
eel·​pout | \ ˈēl-ËŒpau̇t How to pronounce eelpout (audio) \

Definition of eelpout

1 : any of various elongate tapered marine fishes (family Zoarcidae) usually living on the bottom of cold seas
2 : burbot

Examples of eelpout in a Sentence

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 All are apt descriptions for a 19-pound, 11-ounce eelpout (aka burbot, aka lawyer, lingcod, cusk and a host of other unbecoming nicknames) caught by Brent Getzler of Roosevelt. — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, "Fat burbot: MN man sets record for biggest eelpout. (That’s a fish.)," 5 Jan. 2017

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First Known Use of eelpout

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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