Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. ?lepute.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for
       producing living young; -- called also {greenbone},
       {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American
       species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish},
       and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}.
       Both are edible, but of little value.
   (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.

Source : WordNet®

eelpout
     n 1: marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern
          seas [syn: {pout}]
     2: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and
        North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: {burbot},
         {ling}, {cusk}, {Lota lota}]