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CONGER EEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conger eel mean? 

CONGER EEL (noun)
  The noun CONGER EEL has 1 sense:

1. large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for foodplay

  Familiarity information: CONGER EEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONGER EEL (noun)


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 eel" 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 eel" is a member of...):

Congridae; family Congridae (marine eels)


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