Eelery

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place where eels are caught.

    "Denied former access at Bonneville Dam, Willamette Falls became a more important eelery for the Sahaptians."

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"Denied former access at Bonneville Dam, Willamette Falls became a more important eelery for the Sahaptians."

Etymology

From eel + -ery.

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