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conger-eel|ˈkɒŋgərˈiːl|
[f. conger1 + eel n.]
1. = conger1.
1602Carew Cornwall (1811) 97 Called a conger-eel. 1620Venner Via Recta iv. 76 The Conger is a long round fish, in shape like vnto a great Eele, and is therefore called the Conger-Eele. 1813Bingley Anim. Biog. (ed. 4) III. 5 When at its full size the Conger Eel has sometimes been known to measure more than ten feet in length. 1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 490/2 The conger-eel..is readily distinguished..by the upper jaw being the longest.
2. In U.S. applied to other species of eel, esp. on the Atlantic Coast to Zoarces anguillaris of the family Lycodidæ: see also lamper-eel. |