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Noun: eelpout  'eel,pawt
  1. Marine eel-like mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
    - pout
     
  2. Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
    - burbot, ling, cusk, Lota lota

Derived forms: eelpouts

Type of: blennioid, blennioid fish, cod, codfish

Part of: family Zoarcidae, Zoarcidae

Encyclopedia: Eelpout