civelle

Perhaps from Latin caecus (“blind”).

• IPA^(key): /si.vɛl/

civelle f (plural civelles)

1. glass eel, elver

   Synonym: anguille de verre

2. synonym of lamproyon (“small lamprey”)

• “civelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “caecus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 33