noun
eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
• Syn: ↑freshwater eel
• Hypernyms: ↑eel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Anguilla, ↑genus Anguilla
• Part Meronyms: ↑eel
Useful english dictionary. 2012.