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conger

[ kong-ger ]

noun

  1. a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
  2. any other eel of the family Congridae.


conger

/ ˈ°ìÉ’Å‹É¡É™ /

noun

  1. any large marine eel of the family Congridae, esp Conger conger, occurring in temperate and tropical coastal waters
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of conger1

1250–1300; Middle English kunger, congre < Old French congre < Latin conger < Greek ²µÃ³²Ô²µ°ù´Ç²õ sea-eel, gnarl, protuberance
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of conger1

C14: from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Greek gongros sea eel
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The conger eel was the favorite, weighing at least three times more than its eight-armed opponent.

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Groupers and a conger eel, bottom center, on the wreck of the German submarine U-576 off the coast of North Carolina.

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By July, he had moved on to the daggertooth pike conger, a sharp-fanged eel that grows fat as the mud where it squirms becomes warmer.

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Anglesey Sea Zoo has 40 tanks with marine life such as octopus, lobsters, seahorses, conger eels and jellyfish with running costs of £20,000 a month whether it is open or closed.

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The sediment contained bones belonging to eels, morays, conger, mullet and sea bream.

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