Most eels are extremely voracious, but some of them have mouths that would barely admit a pin-head.
The myriad species of eels agree in having no ventral fins and in having the long flexible body of the snake.
The lampreys, or lamprey-eels as they are often called because of their superficial resemblance to true eels, are both marine and fresh-water in their habitat, and most of them attach themselves to live fishes and suck their blood.
Familiar examples of roundworms are the so-called vinegar-eels (Anguillula) (fig.
Vinegar-eels from mouldy vinegar, and hair-worms from fresh-water pools, can usually be readily obtained.
Another scolded himself for having indulged in a plate of eelscooked with capers.
So they slipped at every turn like eels out of a net, and each one had need of great efforts and science not to disgrace himself before the king.
Then he took another, and a few minutes later, gazing thoughtfully at a small heap of well-cleaned bones, he asked Jo if he didn't think they might cook a few more eels while they were about it.
The narrow space was crowded with every kind of fish that frequented the lake, except for the slim eels and the small fry who could swim through the meshes.
Here, among the weeds, it was presently discovered by the eels and crawfish, faithful scavengers, who saw to it that there should be nothing left to pollute the sweet lake-waters.
The water seemed desperately cold and stinging, colder far than the water at Stubbenkammer that morning, almost intolerably cold; but perhaps it only seemed so because of the eels and cranberries that had come too.
I left it to him to decide what food, and he brought me fried eels and asparagus first, sausages with cranberries second, and coffee with gooseberry jam last.
Eels must be used, as is the steak in a pigeon's pie for instance; and nutmeg and parsley and anchovies must serve for seasoning.
He felt stronger every day and learned to dive into the marshes foreels and frogs; but still he was far from strong.
Those fishermen certainly have a good time,” and then he and the Otter went into the hut and cooked the eels in corn, and had dinner.
Friend Rabbit,” said he, “I have eels enough at home, and I came here for turnips and cabbages.
There were eels innumerable, and tench and perch in the pond, that was certain, and it was believed that there were also some giant pike, which refused to be caught by any of the baits thrown to them.
The exposed parts of the mud were waving in every direction with the floundering struggling fish, while innumerable eels of all sizes were wriggling about and seeking for shelter.
If we did, the habitans would be like the eels of Mélun--cry out before they were hurt.
Eels grow to a great size in the rivers, and in the inland districts the women mark their lairs in holes in the bank, and stupefy them with a vegetable poison extracted from the stalk of a climbing plant, or with tobacco.
Especially were they to avoid eating eels and freshwater fish and all the best kinds of food.
Eels are hard to catch, and this one was seen to be nearly a yard in length when Paul managed to drag it ashore.
No, down to the creek; there was a plenty of cats and eels running last night.
At the most one found an auction going on in one or another corner, and a few Seine eels or gudgeons fetching wellnigh their weight in gold.
Make round the dish a border of croûtons, or pieces of toasted bread; arrange the eels in a pyramid in the centre, and pour over the sauce.
If the eels are small, curl them round, instead of cutting them up.
Choose smalleels for boiling; put them into a stewpan with the parsley, and just sufficient water to cover them; simmer till tender.
Simmer till the eels are tender, but do not break the fish.
Wash, and cut up the eels into pieces 3 inches long; put them in the stewpan, and simmer for ½ hour.
Heap the eels in the centre of a hot dish, strain the sauce over them and garnish with toasted bread and parsley.
Season well with pepper and salt; then put in the eels and two bay leaves.
Place the fried eels in a circle on this, garnish with parsley, and serve.
Like Anaximander and others, Aristotle believed in spontaneous generation, although only in the case of certain animals, as of eels from the mud of ponds, and of insects from putrid matter.
These littleeels have evidently only the appearance of parasites, and it may be that they render some service in some of the organs through which they pass.
We had intended to sleep at Hakone, but owing to delays for sketching, to say nothing of a huge feast of broiled eels and sake at Kashiwabara, did not manage to get beyond Mishima, at the western foot of the hills.
Of river eels it was the largest I had ever witnessed, although I certainly have seen congers of greater size.
But infinitely more awful must be the visions which people the slumbers of those mortals who, in their turn, eat those eels who have eaten those salmon.
Were all boys nefarious whose mothers sold fried eels and winkles?
So Harris and Douglas have shown a disposition to take the eels out of that stale fraud by which they gained Harris' election, and set the fraud again, more than once.
On reaching their point of destination, which was where the river was less rapid, and its banks sedgy and thickly grown with flaggers and bulrushes, the sport of spearing for eels commenced.
Furlong thought spearing for eels worse sport than fishing for salmon, and was rejoiced when a turn homeward was taken by the party; but his annoyances were not yet ended.
There are other things in the world besides cray-fish and eels and spiders.
The men slipped like eels through and under the wires, and lay in the long grass behind.
The long muscles of his back slipped like eels under his white skin.
The contemplation of a lobster boiled, or eels skinned alive, will wring him so, that "all for pity he could die.
If your eels be small you may robe two or three of them together.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
