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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See glass eel.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A young eel; especially, a young conger- or sea-eel.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a young eel

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried
  2. n. young eel

Etymologies

  1. From earlier eelfare ("migration of eels upstream"), from eel + fare. (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration of eelfare, a brood of young eels, the passage of young eels up a river : eel + fare, journey (obsolete). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • frogapplause As young eels attain pigment and begin the journey into freshwater, they are called elvers. Jul 13, 2012

  • bilby Indeed. Yeck. Feb 2, 2009

  • vanishedone WeirdNet is eager to give culinary advice. Feb 2, 2009

  • trivet baby eel Feb 25, 2007

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‘elver’ has been looked up 1763 times, added to 13 lists, commented on 4 times, and has a Scrabble score of 8.