anguilliform

American  

[ang-gwil-uh-fawrm] / æŋˈgwɪl əˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. having the shape or form of an eel.

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anguilliform British  

/ æŋˈɡwɪlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. having the shape or form of an eel

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Etymology

Origin of anguilliform

1685–95; < Latin anguill ( a ) eel ( angu ( is ) snake + -illa diminutive suffix) + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

I imagine to have known him very well would have been to leave one with a mental shudder such as follows the touching of anguilliform material; snake-like texture.

From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

An anguilliform fish, about six inches long: it is of a golden colour, with a greenish tint, and has a white line from its very small gills to the tail.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir