elver

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An elver, as you probably know, is what a baby eel is called (and if that isn't the cutest name for a baby animal you've ever heard, I'll eat my hat).

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  1. Alteration of eelfare, a brood of young eels, the passage of young eels up a river : eel + fare, journey (obsolete).

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  1. A dial. corruption of eelfare, q. v.
 

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/ˈɛlvər/
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