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con·ger  (knggr)

n.

Any of various large scaleless marine eels of the family Congridae, especially Conger oceanicus, native to Atlantic waters.

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[Middle English congre, from Old French, probably from Late Latin congrus, from Latin conger, from Greek gongros.]

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conger

Noun

a large sea eel [Greek gongros]

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Conger a group of booksellers.

Example: a conger, set or knot of booksellers—Bookseller, 1977.

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conger - large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food conger eel eel - voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins Congridae, family Congridae - marine eels