glass eel

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glass eel

noun glass eels

Transparent larva of an eel. When these glass eels enter freshwater they transform again into elvers – miniature versions of the adult eels.
Similar: leptocephalus

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noun transparent larva of an eel

Français	anguille de verre, civelle
Deutsch	Glasaal

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@misc{glass_eel_2026,
  title = {glass eel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glass%20eel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}