conger
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
any other eel of the family Congridae.
Origin of conger
1- Also called conger eel .
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How to use conger in a sentence
Yet a photo shows that it swims like an adult barred conger, by undulating its long body laterally.
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Why should Mr. conger not follow the custom of his own country and permit every religion to take care of itself?
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | VariousColonel conger, also, though not positive, thought it was unchanged since he took it from the dead body of Booth.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt | David Miller DeWittMr. conger called for a division on the passage of the bill.
The Extermination of the American Bison | William T. Hornaday
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 CassonWell, 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
/ (ˈkɒŋɡə) /
any large marine eel of the family Congridae, esp Conger conger, occurring in temperate and tropical coastal waters
Origin of conger
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