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CONGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conger mean?
• CONGER (noun)
The noun CONGER has 1 sense:
1. large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
Familiarity information: CONGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
conger; conger eel
Hypernyms ("conger" is a kind of...):
eel (voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins)
Holonyms ("conger" is a member of...):
Congridae; family Congridae (marine eels)
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