eelpout

Plural: eelpouts

Noun

• A marine fish with an eel-like body and large head.
• marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
• elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
• Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
• A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware, Ranunculus fluitans.

Examples

• Finding room for ’EELPOUT’ on the board felt like a rare catch for the Scrabble fisherman.

Synonyms

burbot, cusk, ling, Lota lota, pout, dogfish, fish doctor, slipskin