eelpout
nounUK /ˈiːlpaʊt/
US /ˈiːlpaʊt/
A long, thin fish that looks like an eel and lives at the bottom of the sea.
The eelpout hid among the rocks on the ocean floor.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A freshwater fish of the genus Lota, also called the burbot.
Anglers sometimes catch eelpout in cold northern lakes.
3. Any of various elongated marine fishes of the family Zoarcidae.
Scientists studied the eelpout living in deep, cold water.
4. A term used in some regions for the viviparous blenny.
The eelpout gives birth to live young instead of laying eggs.