eel-shaped

5.1

With a long, thin body like an eel

adjective
/il-ʃeɪpt/

: en forma de anguila

The mysterious fish had an eel-shaped body that slithered through the water.

Examples

Some submarines are designed with an eel-shaped hull to move efficiently underwater.
He described the sea creature they saw as eel-shaped and several meters long.
The eel-shaped fish glided gracefully through the water.
She caught an eel-shaped creature in the river.
The eel-shaped creature glided effortlessly through the water, its long body resembling a serpent.
During the expedition, the researchers observed an eel-shaped fish that was about three feet long.
The artist created a sculpture that mimics the eel-shaped form, highlighting its smooth, elongated curves.

Synonyms

elongate

vseel-shaped

1 6.2

Long and narrow in shape

is a rounded cylindrical form rather than only being long and narrow

rod-shaped

vseel-shaped

1 4.4

Shaped like a long thin straight stick

is similar in length but suggests a curved or flexible body rather than straight

eellike

vseel-shaped

8.1

A long thin shape that bends and twists smoothly

is long and cylindrical without implying a curving shape

rodlike

vseel-shaped

4.9

Shaped like a long thin stick

is about a curved slender cylindrical form not necessarily straight

How Slender

eel-shaped

5.1

slender

57 1.4

elongated

9 4.5

cylindrical

12 4.0

thick

88 1.0

Surface Forms

eel-shaped positive

Morphology

eel-shaped = shape (transparent) = eel + shape + ed

The participial adjective 'shaped' is a regular suffixal form of 'shape', and the full word transparently means 'shaped like an eel'.

Etymology

Eel-shaped is made of eel, a long thin fish, and -shaped, which means 'in the shape of'. So eel-shaped describes something long and slender like an eel.