conger
/ˈkɒŋɡə
/(also conger eel)
noun
A large edible predatory eel of shallow coastal waters.
- Conger and other genera, family Congridae: several species, in particular the European C. conger and the American C. oceanica.
- Like the freshwater eel, congers undergo considerable morphological changes prior to spawning.
- Alex posed in the darkest corner and I was shooting off a few frames when we noticed a huge conger eel looking at us with the short-sighted expression that congers are endowed with.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French congre, via Latin from Greek gongros.
Rhymes
- Greenspan, Alan
- Green's theorem
- greenstick fracture
- greenstone
- greenstone belt
- green-striper
- greenstuff
- green sunfish
- greensward
- greenswarded
- greenswardsmanship
- green syrup
- green table
- greentail
- greentailing
- green tea
- green tech
- green technology
- greenth
- green thumb
- green-thumbed
- Green Thursday
- green time
- green toad
- green tree ant