conger

[ kong-ger ]

noun

1. a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
2. any other eel of the family Congridae.

conger

/ ˈkɒŋɡə /

noun

1. any large marine eel of the family Congridae, esp Conger conger, occurring in temperate and tropical coastal waters

Word History and Origins

Origin of conger¹

1250–1300; Middle English kunger, congre < Old French congre < Latin conger < Greek góngros sea-eel, gnarl, protuberance

Word History and Origins

Origin of conger¹

C14: from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Greek gongros sea eel

Example Sentences

The conger eel was the favorite, weighing at least three times more than its eight-armed opponent.

From New York Times

Groupers and a conger eel, bottom center, on the wreck of the German submarine U-576 off the coast of North Carolina.

From Salon

By July, he had moved on to the daggertooth pike conger, a sharp-fanged eel that grows fat as the mud where it squirms becomes warmer.

From New York Times

Anglesey Sea Zoo has 40 tanks with marine life such as octopus, lobsters, seahorses, conger eels and jellyfish with running costs of £20,000 a month whether it is open or closed.

From BBC

The sediment contained bones belonging to eels, morays, conger, mullet and sea bream.

From New York Times