elvernoun [ C ]
/ˈel.vər//ˈel.vɚ/a young eel (= a long, thin, snake-like fish):
Elvers were traditionally eaten by local people and have been netted in the Severn for hundreds of years.
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- All the countless millions of elvers on the move are driven by the urge to find freshwater.
- Billy tipped the elvers into his bucket.
- Rod not only sells cod and haddock but also elvers from Spain and caviar from the Caspian Sea.
- They waited with their elver nets, scooping the waters.
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Sea fish
- anchovy
- barracuda
- bream
- cod
- coley
- groper
- haddock
- hake
- halibut
- herring
- ray
- remora
- salmon
- salmon trout
- sardine
- swordfish
- trout
- tuna
- turbot
- white pointer
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