conger

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of several large, scaleless marine eels of the genus Conger or family Congridae, found in temperate and tropical coastal waters

   A large conger emerged from the wreck and disappeared beneath a ledge.

From Middle English congre, through Old French congre and Latin conger, from Ancient Greek gongros, 'conger eel.' The Greek word has been connected with a family of words for a lump or rounded object. English has used both conger and the expanded compound conger eel for the fish.

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