Note 97 — NOTES ON CERTAIN FISHES AND MARINE ANIMALS FOUND IN NORFOLK.
Reading edition
The coarse variety of the Eel, known as the "Glout," or Broad-nosed Eel, is believed to be the barren female; Browne's informants were doubtless misled by the presence of certain thread-worms (Nematoxys) in the abdomen of the eels, which they mistook for young ones.