conger
Americannoun
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congers
plural
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a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
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any other eel of the family Congridae.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of conger
1250–1300; Middle English kunger, congre < Old French congre < Latin conger < Greek góngros sea-eel, gnarl, protuberance
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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.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023
Whether it is crabs tussling with sharks or curious conger eels, the project has delivered amazing visuals for the public.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2023
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.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
“I knew I wasn’t in the U.S.A. anymore when the attendant asked if I wanted chicken, or conger eel!” said one well-fed voter.
From Time ● Jan. 8, 2016
“I caught a splendid conger this morning,” continued Uncle Luke, giving his basket a swing, “and I’ve brought your master half.”
From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by George Manville Fenn
Bannon told Wolff that he relishes the hatred his name congers up in what he called the “donor class” and “the metrosexual bubble.”
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2016
At waterside, Does the shocked eeler lay his congers by, Sighting a Reo driven by an edile?
From Time Magazine Archive
But you know there may be whirlpools and holes and black caverns and sharp rocks, and I dare say there are regular monsters of congers down in the deep places that have never been disturbed.”
From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by W. (William) Rainey
When I was a small boy I fished one day for congers in the monster hole.
From The Celtic Twilight by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
“One couldn’t help fancying all sorts of horrors, but when you find there is nothing worse than seals—” “And horrible congers: I felt them.”
From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by W. (William) Rainey
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