conger
Americannoun
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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.
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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
The sediment contained bones belonging to eels, morays, conger, mullet and sea bream.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
“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
Only one other species of the family occurs in British waters, namely, the conger, which is usually much larger and lives in the sea.
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
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 Staniland, C.J.
“No, of course that’s nonsense; but the congers may be very big and fierce, and isn’t this the sort of place they would run up?”
From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by Rainey, W. (William)
“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 Rainey, W. (William)
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