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glass eel

noun

Words nearby glass eel

glass can, glass ceiling, glass cliff, glass curtain, glass cutter, glass eel, glass eye, glass fibre, glass gall, glass harmonica, glass is half full, the

Origin of glass eel

First recorded in 1830–40; so called because it is nearly transparent at an early stage

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