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285 lines
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{
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"eelpout":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various elongate tapered marine fishes (family Zoarcidae) usually living on the bottom of cold seas":[],
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": burbot":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0113l-\u02ccpau\u0307t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Bad Medicine's eelpout dwell at depths of 30 to 40 feet during winter days. \u2014 Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune , 14 Jan. 2021",
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"Second, eelpout are aggressive beneath the ice, especially after dark. \u2014 Dr. Jason Halfen, Outdoor Life , 2 Jan. 2020",
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"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"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055920"
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},
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"eelspear":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a barbed spear for spearing eels":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083244"
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},
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"eelworm":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0113l-\u02ccw\u0259rm"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150425"
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},
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"eelgrass":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": 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":[],
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": tape grass":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0113l-\u02ccgras"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"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",
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"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",
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"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",
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"In San Diego, those include marshes, wetlands, mud flats, eelgrass and seagrass beds. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"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",
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"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",
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"The team notes that otters are not the only driving force behind eelgrass genetic diversity. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"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"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180624"
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},
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"eelpot":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a trap like a box with funnel-shaped openings for catching eels":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181534"
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},
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"eeling":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the activity or business of catching eels":[
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"go eeling",
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"Once the eeling peters out in late May or early June, he'll go back to lobstering for the summer.",
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"\u2014 Jamie Kageleiry"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0113-li\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As the communities coexisted, settlers intensified the fishery as cultural Mi\u2019kmaw eeling declined. \u2014 Karen Pinchin, Smithsonian , 5 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1780, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205138"
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},
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"eelfare":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the migration of young eels up a stream":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"eel entry 1 + fare (journey)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010531"
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},
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"eelery":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a place for catching eels":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0113l\u0259r\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"eel entry 1 + -ery":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013926"
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},
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"eel cat":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a broad-headed catfish ( Ictalurus anguilla ) of the lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys \u2014 compare channel cat":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131753"
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},
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"eel":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of numerous voracious elongate snakelike bony fishes (order Anguilliformes) that have a smooth slimy skin, lack pelvic fins, and have the median fins confluent around the tail \u2014 compare american eel":[],
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": any of numerous other elongate fishes (as of the order Synbranchiformes)":[],
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": any of various nematodes (such as the vinegar eel)":[],
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": to fish for eels \u2014 see also eeling":[],
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": to fish with eels as bait":[],
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": to move or make (one's way) sinuously or insidiously : worm":[
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"Stories my Russian friends had told me about the hundreds who were trampled at Stalin's funeral came back to me. Finally, we gave up and eeled our way out of there.",
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"\u2014 Ian Frazier"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0113l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Usually found in deep water, the adult gargoyle cusk eel is extremely rare and represents the only member of its genus. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
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"Last spring, two fishermen showed up at his kitchen door with a fresh catch of the fang-toothed cross between a catfish and an eel . \u2014 Adam Erace, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
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"Ishii, the eldest of two boys, would often go to the market in the mornings to buy rice, vegetables and eel , then take the bus to pick up the restaurant linen from a laundromat a couple of blocks away. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 20 May 2022",
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"Another intriguing find in the Shoal report was the Mumbai blind eel (Rakthamichthys mumba), which evolved around 170 million years ago, close to the time when the region that is now India broke off from the supercontinent Gondwana. \u2014 Veronika Perkov\u00e1, Scientific American , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Japanese and European wild eel populations are listed as endangered or critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The torch is then used to fry the eel in the bone marrow fat. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Paleontologists believe the ichthyosaurs grew exponentially within several million years, and that their growth was due in part to a massive increase in its prey, which included ammonoids and eel -like conodonts. \u2014 Alexandra Larkin, CBS News , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"But underneath his fascination with eels lies the story of his relationship with his late father, a road paver with whom Svensson bonded over nighttime eel -fishing trips in rural Sweden. \u2014 Kristen Martin, The Atlantic , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"With his brother-in-law as president, Mr. Saint-R\u00e9my wielded enormous influence, often demanding that choice licenses and contracts be awarded to him, particularly eel export licenses, according to officials in Mr. Martelly\u2019s government. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Dec. 2021",
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"These men eel entitled and had been protected from being outed. \u2014 James Warren, vanityfair.com , 20 Oct. 2017",
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"These men eel entitled and had been protected from being outed. \u2014 James Warren, The Hive , 20 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English ele , from Old English \u01e3l ; akin to Old High German \u0101l eel":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1922, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190120"
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},
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"eel-back flounder":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small flounder ( Liopsetta putnami ) of the coasts of northern New England and the Maritime Provinces":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-222818"
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},
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"eelboat":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": schuyt":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182629"
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},
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"eelgrass family":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": zosteraceae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060128"
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}
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} |