Definition of "eelpout" []

• Any of various bottom-dwelling marine fishes of the family Zoarcidae, having an elongated body and a large head. (noun)
• See burbot. (noun)

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• "There's some hardwater folks that swear eelpout taste like lobster."
• "Skarlis, for example, colors his jig purple where the forage is sheepshead or bluegill, green for sunfish, orange and yellow for perch, and black or brown for bullhead or eelpout."