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conger

UK/ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)//ˈkɑŋɡɚ/

conger noun: any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters.

conger: any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
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Noun

conger (plural congers)

  1. Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
    • The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3
    Synonyms:
    conger eel
  2. (historical) A chain of booksellers.

Proper noun capitalized: Conger

Conger (countable and uncountable, plural Congers)

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States.

Synonyms of conger

Forms of conger

Noun
pluralcongers
Proper noun
pluralCongers

Plural of conger: congers

Origin of conger

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”).

Unexplained.

Words formed from conger

Phrases with conger

Words that rhyme with conger

Questions about conger

What does conger mean?
Conger means any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters.
What part of speech is conger?
Conger can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce conger?
Conger is pronounced /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of conger?
The plural of conger is congers.

Words near conger in the dictionary

  1. congenital heart disease
  2. congenital insensitivity to pain
  3. congenitally
  4. congenitalness
  5. congenite
  6. conger
  7. conger eel
  8. conger eels
  9. conger moray
  10. conger morays
  11. congeries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conger (page history and authors); Conger (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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