conger

[ kong-ger ]

/ ˈkɒŋ gər /

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noun

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.

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Also called conger eel .

Origin of conger

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

Words nearby conger

congenial, congeniality, congenic, congenital, congenitally, conger, congeries, congest, congested, congestion, congestion charging

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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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But he said he believes that both Wehby and Conger would have a tough time knocking off incumbent Sen. Jeff Merkley in November.
Is This the Democrats’ War on Women?|Patricia Murphy|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|Various
Colonel 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 DeWitt

Mr. 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 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

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

Word Origin for conger

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

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