Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various large scaleless marine eels of the family Congridae, especially Conger oceanicus, native to Atlantic waters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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 . - noun A local English (Lincolnshire) name of the cucumber.
- noun See the extracts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The conger eel; -- called also
congeree . - noun (Zoöl.) the sea eel; a large species of eel (
Conger vulgaris ), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
scaleless marine eels , of the genusConger , found incoastal waters
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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 Various
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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.
Family Values 2009
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Water shield and pickled conger dressed with vinegar soy sauce
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Water shield and pickled conger dressed with vinegar soy sauce
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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.
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Soo manee grate mynds arownd tonite – conger rats to awl
I Googled “fix” - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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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? 2009
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Appliances are powered by conger eel voltage organs, genetically modified to grow parasitically inside Gerde's own muscles.
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Lists of accusations include avoiding eating squid, octopus, eel and conger-eel as well as rabbit, hare or wild boar.
Conversas. 2009
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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 2008
serona commented on the word conger
Rhymes with "wronger".
a silly person
January 31, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word conger
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.
October 21, 2011
yarb commented on the word conger
Conger is tasty. I like to eat it with congee.
October 21, 2011
bilby commented on the word conger
Isn't it expensive, given that catching one requires a jiggling and rudderless wobblechain of dancefloor numpties in full serial grope?
October 21, 2011
yarb commented on the word conger
The conga is a sophisticated art form!
October 21, 2011