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spiny eel

spin·y eel (plural spin·y eels)


noun 
Definition:
 
fish resembling eel with spines: a freshwater fish resembling an eel that has a sensitive elongated snout with tubular nostrils and several sharp spines in front of the dorsal fin. Native to: Africa, Asia.  Family Mastacembelidae.

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