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Definition of Blind eel

1. Noun. Aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blind Eel

Literary usage of Blind eel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1905)
"... NEW SPECIES OF blind eel, OF THE (¡ENDS ANGUILLA. BY HUGH M. SMITH. [Contribution from US Bureau of Fisheries.) On July 31, 1002, during a cruise of the ..."

2. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"... blind-eel, or muscle life. Not he theirs, or for them, but they nothing, ... blind-eel, and muscle life—each more than turtle. ..."

3. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"blind eel. When a fisherman brings up a piece of sea-weed on his hook, he is said to have caught a blind eel. Blizzard. A poser. ..."

4. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"Our lines were all in order, and a new hook had been put on mine, as on the last excursion the old one had caught in what the boys call a "blind eel," that ..."

5. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1883)
"The pipe was taken up, and examined, and in it was found a blind eel nearly two pounds weight. The largest eel I ever saw was found dead in a pond at Mr. ..."

6. The Annual Literary Index by William Isaac Fletcher, Richard Rogers Bowker (1900)
"Moat, The; a poem. (M. Blind) Eel. M. 133: 146 (JO- Models, Artists and. (JD Hilton) Good Words, 40:706(0). ..."

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