garden eel

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garden eel

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These eels are often found in groups, poking their heads up from their burrows, and thus resemble plants in a garden.

noun garden eels

Any member of the subfamily Heterocongrinae in the conger eel family Congridae, which live in burrows on the sea floor.

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@misc{garden_eel_2026,
  title = {garden eel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garden%20eel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}