conger
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9.9
A large dark eel that lives in coastal waters and is sometimes eaten
- noun
- /ˈkɒŋɡər/
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conger
- They often catch conger eels while fishing near the rocky coastline.
- conger eel
Examples
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They're smelts, ling, conger eel, John Dory, pilchards and frogfish.
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At the aquarium, I was amazed to see a conger eel swimming gracefully through the water.
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The Drawling Master was an old conger-eel.
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The example from the conger eel shows that the problem disappears if we recapitulate the actual evolutionary change from AncCONGER A to CONGER A.
Academic text (2012) -
The chef prepared a delicious dish featuring conger eel with vegetables.
Synonyms
eel
vsconger
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1.0
A long, thin fish with a snake-like body that lives in rivers or the sea
is narrower, meaning specifically the large dark marine scaleless types used for food
conger eel
vsconger
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7.3
A large dark sea eel often eaten as food
has identical meaning but is the compound name form
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Conger comes from an old Greek word gongros that named a large sea 'eel'. That's why conger means a large, dark sea 'eel' without scales that lives near coasts and is sometimes eaten.