Snipe Eel

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“An eel-like fish, Nemichthys scolopaceus; any member of the Nemichthyidae. The snipe eel attains a length of 3 feet; it is pale-colored above, the back somewhat speckled; the belly and anal fin are blackish. It is a deep-water fish of the Atlantic often taken off the Atlantic coast.” —Whitney, 1889

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sea, snipe, fish, ocean, eel, Atlantic Ocean, deep water, deep water fish, nemichthyidae, nemichthys scolopaceus, skinny eel, skinny fish

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Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5732

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