conger

Speech parts

1. conger - Noun

2. Conger - Proper noun

Meaning

The conger eel; -- called also congeree.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

conger eel bower fish lamprey moray paling elver eel fallow Anguilla hagfish ribbonfish snakefish EELS discharger
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Hypernyms

eel

Phrases with the word

conger eels european conger blacktail pike-conger conger cousin duckbill conger

Examples

After a near total wipe out of the eels in the 1960s, due to a prolonged spell of extreme weather, conger hot spots for years produced none! Source: Internet

After realizing Booth had been shot by someone else, Conger and Lt. Doherty asked which officer had shot Booth. Source: Internet

American Minister Edwin H. Conger cabled Washington, "the whole country is swarming with hungry, discontented, hopeless idlers." Source: Internet

Booth's spinal cord was severed, and he died two hours later. citation (Quoting Lieutenant Edward Doherty, officer in charge of the soldiers who captured Booth) Boston Corbett Lt. Colonel Everton Conger initially thought Booth had shot himself. Source: Internet

Gardner, p. 75 *The Mock Turtle speaks of a drawling-master, "an old conger eel", who came once a week to teach "Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils". Source: Internet

Catching up should be a relatively easy win for Biden, said John Conger, a principal deputy comptroller for DoD under Obama and now director of the Center for Climate and Security, a think tank. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

congenitally displaced congenitalness congenite conger cousin conger eel conger eels