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Definition of Conger eel
1. Noun. Large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food.
Definition of Conger eel
1. Noun. Any of various large marine eels of the family ''Congridae'', that have no scales and are found in temperate and tropical coastal waters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conger Eel
| conger conger eel (current term) conger eels congeries congers conges congest congestant congested congestee | congestees congestible congesting congestion congestions congestiparous |
Literary usage of Conger eel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"On the Double Organs of Generation of the Lamprey, the conger eel, the common
Eel, the Barnacle, and Earth, Worm, which impregnate themselves; ..."
2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"THE conger eel [Anguilla Conger, Cuv.1]. The anterior nares [openings of the
nasal saes] are at the anterior point of the head ; [the saes] pass backwards ..."
3. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"The conger eel, a large eel found upon the British coasts, is as frequently ...
Ermine, on a bend engrailed sable three conger-eel's heads erased argent, ..."
4. The Pantropheon: Or, History of Food and Its Preparation : from the Earliest by Alexis Soyer (1853)
"The Romans had still less esteem for this too highly praised fish. However,
sometimes a fried conger-eel occupied on ..."
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