glass eel

English
Leptocephalus larva

Noun

glass eel (plural glass eels)

  1. The transparent larva of an eel.
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, page 69:
      When these glass eels enter freshwater they transform again into elvers – miniature versions of the adult eels.

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