conger eeln.
/ˈkɒŋɡər ˈiːl/ 1. = conger n.1
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > member of family Congridae (conger)
sea-eelc1050
congerc1300
conger eel1602
eve-eel1813
haaf-eel1880
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 31 Called a Conger Eel.
1620 T. Venner 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.
1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 5 When at its full size the Conger Eel has sometimes been known to measure more than ten feet in length.
1843 Penny 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 n.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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