conger
Americannoun
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congers
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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
The male conger was first 9 described in 1879 by Hermes, who obtained a ripe specimen in the Berlin Aquarium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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
“To knock the congers down!” cried Arthur aghast.
From Menhardoc by C.J. Staniland
Then there is the sphuræna, or hammer-fish; and these fish, Icesius says, are more nutritious than the congers, but very unpleasant and unpalatable to the taste; and, as to their juicy qualities, they are tolerable.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
A splash from behind them told them that Dick’s bait had just gone in, and then they sat—both couples—chatting away in a low tone, and waiting for the next congers, and somehow waiting in vain.
From Menhardoc by C.J. Staniland
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