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elvers

elvers is the plural of elver.

Meaning of elver

Noun

elver (plural elvers)

  1. A young eel.
    • When these glass eels enter freshwater they transform again into elvers – miniature versions of the adult eels.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 69

Questions about elvers

What is elvers the plural of?
Elvers is the plural of elver.

Words near elvers in the dictionary

  1. elvendom
  2. elvenfolk
  3. elvenkind
  4. elvens
  5. elver
  6. elvers
  7. Elverta
  8. Elverum
  9. elves
  10. elvess
  11. elvesses

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