eellike


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Adj.1.eellike - resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous
curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
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Threads made by another creepy-crawly--the eellike hagfish--may lead to superior new fibers for parachutes, packaging and perhaps even clothing.
With gaping jaws, an eellike tail and sharp, jutting teeth, the Atlantic wolffish looks more like a feral canine than a marine fish.
Mr Downes, who studies cryptozoology - which investigates unknown species of animals, saw what he described as appearing to be "a long thin eellike creature appearing about 10ft long.