Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various large scaleless marine eels of the family Congridae, especially Conger oceanicus, native to Atlantic waters.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- The conger-eel.
- [capitalized] [NL. (Cuvier, 1817).] A genus of fishes, of which the conger-eel is the type, ex-emplifying the family Congridæ. See cut under conger-eel.
- n. See the extracts.
- n. A local English (Lincolnshire) name of the cucumber.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The conger eel; -- called also
congeree .
WordNet 3.0
- n. large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
Etymologies
- Middle English congre, from Old French, probably from Late Latin congrus, from Latin conger, from Greek gongros. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As very large eels, after having migrated, never return to the river again, they must (for it cannot be supposed that they all die immediately in the sea) remain in salt water; and there is great probability that they are then confounded with the conger, which is found from a few ounces to one hundred pounds in weight.”
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828
“You're going to hear a lot of noise from the conservatives and the religious right spouting a lot of stuff and nonsense that the only way to raise a family is with a mommy and a daddy and picket fences and station wagons and all the other patriarchal stereotypes that they conger up.”
“The food court here is a fantastic place for an informal lunch, featuring all manner of barely recognisable sea critters, from spiky sea urchins to conger eel.”
“Water shield and pickled conger dressed with vinegar soy sauce”
“Appliances are powered by conger eel voltage organs, genetically modified to grow parasitically inside Gerde's own muscles.”
“Lists of accusations include avoiding eating squid, octopus, eel and conger-eel as well as rabbit, hare or wild boar.”
“Soo manee grate mynds arownd tonite – conger rats to awl”
I Googled “fix” - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Ohai Q, conger atulashuns on teh ty fur nawt sekund plaice dis morening.”
Not Stalking . Just - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“It's assaulting not just because of their desperate grasping for any blight or stain they can conger up at this eleventh hour, but unseemly in the obvious attempt to tear down Obama with blatant distortions and lies at all costs, to slow his ascent, instead of banging hard on issues and ideas of their own to dig out of their hole.”
Giselle Fernandez: Shameful Political Tactics Hidden by a Smile and a Wink
“Young waiters murmur excuses as they bring course after course: slices of sea bream and fluffy, snow-white conger sailing on a miniature boat of ice, eggplant and broiled river eel, wisps of ivory-colored noodles in chilled soy broth.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘conger’.
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Eels
Words and phrases about eels.
apodal, conger, grig, never served raw, eelpout, eel, eelskin briefcase, eelskin, tribes in Persia ..., sniggling, sniggle, eel spear and 130 more...
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PECH - marine species
African cuttlefish, Alaska plaice, Alaska pollock, Alaska pollack, walleye pollock, alewife, gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, allis shad, American angler, goosefish and 994 more...
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Interesting Expletives
Non-4-letter word expletives, invectives, and exclamations.
blows goats, oh my head, binger, conger, copper penny, sucks to your ass..., criminey, bongies, nob wipe, fiddlesticks, hells bells, jump'n jesus and 5 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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new acquisitions
found in the wild (i.e., not on Wordie!)
samara, indehiscent, paschal, rogation, wen, rete, diriment, epicene, duramen, euhemerism, objurgate, canaille and 429 more...
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Henry's Favorite Song
being sorts of Fish
fish, walleye, bass, catfish, carp, pike, sunfish, cod, monkfish, salmon, tuna, shark and 59 more...
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faux comparatives
temp, temper, tempest, hone, honer, honest, dive, diver, divest, earn, earner, earnest and 46 more...
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List Rated 4
incarnate, tapering, archery, ponceau, crappie, vandalism, conger, acrid, exhort, gleed, sponger, torsion and 1 more...
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trout, trout, trout!
fish that are fun to say
trout, gar, walleye, mooneye, arctic char, sockeye salmon, chum, freshwater drum, three-spine stick..., eel, waccamaw killfish, shad and 22 more...
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Gourds & Melons
pumpkin, squash, zucchini, chayote, cocozelle, cucumber, pepo, honeydew, watermelon, cucurbit, loofah, casabanana and 54 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for conger.
yarb The conga is a sophisticated art form! Oct 21, 2011
bilby Isn't it expensive, given that catching one requires a jiggling and rudderless wobblechain of dancefloor numpties in full serial grope? Oct 21, 2011
yarb Conger is tasty. I like to eat it with congee. Oct 21, 2011
ruzuzu One of my friends played this during a Scrabble game tonight. When the play was challenged and I found out it was an eel, my first thought was of the eel list. When I got home and tried to look it up, I forgot there was an n in it--coger means something very different. Oct 21, 2011
serona Rhymes with "wronger".
a silly person Jan 30, 2008