electric eel

English

an electric eel

Noun

electric eel (plural electric eels)

1. (strictly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
2. (broadly) Any species of the genus Electrophorus.
3. A plumber's snake powered by electricity.
   • 2021, John Martin, Jack and the Jellybean Stalk:

     Katherine put some Coloxyl down the drain, and we booked the plumber to come around the next day to use the electric eel on Jack.

Translations

species of fish

• Bulgarian: електрическа змиорка f (električeska zmiorka)
• Canela: pỳp
• Catalan: anguila elèctrica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電鰻／电鳗 (zh) (diànmán)

• Dutch: sidderaal (nl) m
• Finnish: sähköankerias
• French: anguille électrique (fr) f
• Georgian: ელექტრული გველთევზა (elekṭruli gveltevza)
• German: Zitteraal m
• Greek: ηλεκτροφόρο χέλι n (ilektrofóro chéli), (colloquial) μουδιάστρα f (moudiástra)
• Greenlandic: nimeriarluk
• Hungarian: elektromos angolna (hu)
• Icelandic: hrökkáll m
• Japanese: 電気鰻 (デンキウナギ, denkiunagi), 痺鰻 (シビレウナギ, shibireunagi)
• Kayapó: mokokti
• Macedonian: електрична јагула (električna jagula)
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí, atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí
• Polish: strętwa (pl) f, trzęsawiec (pl) m, węgorz elektryczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: enguia-elétrica f, poraquê m, peixe-elétrico (pt) m
• Russian: электри́ческий у́горь m (elektríčeskij úgorʹ)
• Spanish: anguila eléctrica f
• Tamil: மின் விலாங்குமீன் (miṉ vilāṅkumīṉ)
• Turkish: elektrikli yılan balığı (tr)