Obs. rare. A kind of eel.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 270/2. Kempe eel [no Latin].
1515. Barclay, Egloges, iv. (1570), C iv b/2. Fed … with crudd, Or slimy kempes ill smelling of the mud.
1552. Huloet, Kempe or small eale, anguilula.
1884. Day, Brit. Fishes, II. 243.
