elver
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of elver
First recorded in 1630–40; variant of ellfare, literally, “eel-journey”; see origin at eel, fare
Example Sentences
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The decision came less than two months after Fisheries and Oceans Canada shut down the elver fishing season in the Maritime provinces for this year.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
The elver quota could be increased in 2019.
From Washington Times • May 9, 2018
Sheldon, 71, is a key player in Maine’s legal elver market.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2017
Until recently many elver fishermen scraped together a living with multiple jobs: They fished for other species like lobster, worked construction, harvested periwinkles, gathered seaweed.
From Scientific American • Aug. 5, 2014
The young elver, at least a year old, which makes its way from the open sea to the estuaries and rivers.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur
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