dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/eel_MW.json

{
  "eelpout":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various elongate tapered marine fishes (family Zoarcidae) usually living on the bottom of cold seas":[],
      ": burbot":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0113l-\u02ccpau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bad Medicine's eelpout dwell at depths of 30 to 40 feet during winter days. \u2014 Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune , 14 Jan. 2021",
      "Second, eelpout are aggressive beneath the ice, especially after dark. \u2014 Dr. Jason Halfen, Outdoor Life , 2 Jan. 2020",
      "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. \u2014 Dave Orrick, Twin Cities , 5 Jan. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055920"
  },
  "eelspear":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a barbed spear for spearing eels":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083244"
  },
  "eelworm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0113l-\u02ccw\u0259rm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150425"
  },
  "eelgrass":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a submerged long-leaved monocotyledonous marine plant ( Zostera marina ) that is found especially in coastal temperate waters and whose dried stems and leaves are used especially as packing material in woven goods":[],
      ": tape grass":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0113l-\u02ccgras"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Izembek Lagoon holds one of the world\u2019s largest beds of eelgrass , a rich food source for Pacific brant geese, endangered Steller\u2019s eider sea ducks and other migratory birds. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
      "For projects that affect tidal or ocean habitat, that may include planting new eelgrass beds or restoring marshland. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
      "Sixty-eight vessels currently reside in the anchorage within an eelgrass protection zone, according to Steve McGrath, executive director for the RBRA. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In San Diego, those include marshes, wetlands, mud flats, eelgrass and seagrass beds. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Dufour said the eelgrass nourishes many seabirds, including the Pacific black brant, on their journey from the Arctic to Baja California. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "The otters eat crabs, which in turn eat invertebrates like sea slugs, which eat the algae that grows on the eelgrass . \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "The team notes that otters are not the only driving force behind eelgrass genetic diversity. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Thanks to the return of the otters, the amount of eelgrass in Elkhorn Slough has jumped 600 percent in the last three decades. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 4 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180624"
  },
  "eelpot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a trap like a box with funnel-shaped openings for catching eels":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181534"
  },
  "eeling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the activity or business of catching eels":[
        "go eeling",
        "Once the eeling peters out in late May or early June, he'll go back to lobstering for the summer.",
        "\u2014 Jamie Kageleiry"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0113-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As the communities coexisted, settlers intensified the fishery as cultural Mi\u2019kmaw eeling declined. \u2014 Karen Pinchin, Smithsonian , 5 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1780, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205138"
  },
  "eelfare":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the migration of young eels up a stream":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "eel entry 1 + fare (journey)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010531"
  },
  "eelery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a place for catching eels":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0113l\u0259r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "eel entry 1 + -ery":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013926"
  }
}