conger

Meaning

  1. Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
  2. (historical) A chain of booksellers.

Synonyms

guayana pike-conger

koiro

pike-headed eel

Translations

Meeraal

Conger

conger

Conger conger

Conger verreauxi

Cynoponticus savanna

zeepaling

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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