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.

Origin of conger

1
1250–1300; Middle English kunger, congre<Old French congre<Latin conger<Greek góngros sea-eel, gnarl, protuberance
  • Also called conger eel .

Words Nearby conger

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How to use conger in a sentence

  • Fifteen companies were merged by Colonel conger in 1892, but they were poorly fastened together and soon fell apart.

    The Romance of the Reaper | Herbert Newton Casson
  • Well, now, let me tell an adventure that befell me while conger fishing off the Creviçhon one calm evening just after dark.

    Jethou | E. R. Suffling

British Dictionary definitions for conger

conger

/ (ˈkɒŋɡə) /


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

Origin of conger

1
C14: from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Greek gongros sea eel

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