Assertion: eel | /r/CapableOf | return to the sea
Facets:
value: to spawn
type: PURPOSE
value: to breed in autumn
type: PURPOSE
value: to breed
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: They are a carnivorous, long-living species that spend most of their life in fresh water, but return to the sea to breed.
text: Unlike many other migrating fish, eels begin their life cycle in the ocean and spend most of their lives in fresh inland water, or brackish coastal water, returning to the ocean to spawn and then die.
text: In spring the eels moved along the rivers from the sea to their feeding grounds, returning to the sea to breed in autumn.
text: Some eels live in freshwater for most of their lives, but they return to the ocean to spawn.