ELVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elver mean? 

• ELVER (noun)
  The noun ELVER has 2 senses:

1. young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried

2. young eel

  Familiarity information: ELVER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("elver" is a kind of...):

eel (the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Young eel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("elver" 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)