snake-eel

See also: snake eel

English

Alternative forms

• snake eel

Noun

snake-eel (plural snake-eels)

1. Any member of the family Ophichthidae of eels (order Anguilliformes).

   Synonym: ophichthid

Derived terms

• fangtooth snake-eel (Aplatophis chauliodus)
• goldspotted snake eel (Myrichthys ocellatus)
• west coast snake eel (Mystriophis rostellatus)

Translations

eel of the family Ophichthidae

Arabic: أَنْقَلِيس ثُعْبَانِيّ m (ʔanqalīs ṯuʕbāniyy) Armenian: սրապոչ օձաձուկ (srapočʻ ōjajuk) Chinese: Cantonese: 蛇鰻 / 蛇鳗 (ji4 maan4) Mandarin: 蛇鰻 / 蛇鳗 (shémán) Czech: hadař m Dutch: slangaal m Finnish: käärmeankerias German: Schlangenaal m Hungarian: siklóangolna Portuguese: falsa-moreia f Russian: острохво́стый у́горь m (ostroxvóstyj úgorʹ) Serbo-Croatian: zmijka f Spanish: tieso (es) m, ofíctido m Swedish: ormål c Ukrainian: змії́ний вуго́р m (zmijínyj vuhór)

References

• Ophichthidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ophichthidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ophichthidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons