Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of an eel or of a serpent; resembling an eel or a serpent. Specifically In ichthyology, having the zoölogical character of an eel; of or pertaining to the Anguilliformes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Eel-shaped.
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- adjective Shaped like an
eel .
Etymologies
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Latin: anguilla + -form
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Examples
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I imagine to have known him very well would have been to leave one with a mental shudder such as follows the touching of anguilliform material; snake-like texture.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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n. - dissection of or incision into blood vessel. anguilliform adj. - having shape of eel. anhedonia
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
fbharjo commented on the word anguilliform
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January 9, 2011