noun
eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
• Syn: ↑Anguillidae
• Hypernyms: ↑fish family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Anguilliformes, ↑order Anguilliformes, ↑order Apodes
• Member Meronyms: ↑Anguilla, ↑genus Anguilla
Useful english dictionary. 2012.