conger

See also: Conger and cóng'ér

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Etymology

From Middle English congre, from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɚ/

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• Homophone: conga (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)

Noun

conger (plural congers)

1. Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters

   Synonym: conger eel

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:

     The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.

2. (historical) A chain of booksellers.

Derived terms

• conger moray
• daggertooth pike conger

Translations

eel

Bulgarian: морска змиорка (morska zmiorka) Catalan: congre (ca) m Czech: úhořovec m Finnish: meriankerias French: congre (fr) m Galician: congro (gl) m German: Meeraal n, Seeaal (de) n Greek: μουγγρί (moungrí) Norman: andgulle f (Jersey), filerêsse f (Jersey) Ottoman Turkish: میغره (miğara) Polish: konger m Spanish: congrio (es) m Tashelhit: asiɣaɣ m, ⴰⵙⵉⵖⴰⵖ m (asiḡaḡ) Turkish: miğri Walloon: congue m