Definitions for eelgrasses

eelgrasses eel·grass

Spelling: [eel-gras, -grahs]
IPA: /ˈilˌgræs, -ˌgrɑs/

Eelgrasses is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in eelgrasses (aeeeglrsss).

Definitions for eelgrasses

noun

  1. a grasslike marine plant, Zostera marina, having ribbonlike leaves.
  2. tape grass.

Origin of eelgrasses

An Americanism dating back to 1780-90; eel + grass

Examples for eelgrasses

Young lobsters have also been found in eelgrass and on sandy bottoms in shallow water.

Then in the eelgrass there was a funny isopod, called Caprella.

The eelgrass of the river was supposed to yield eels in a similar fashion.

Soon he was in the edge of the eelgrass and "catching crabs," first on one side, then on the other.

The sides of the vessel below the water line were incrusted with barnacles and eelgrass fully six inches thick!

Word Value for eelgrasses
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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