CONGER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food

Synonyms:

conger; conger eel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("conger" is a kind of...):

eel (voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins)

Holonyms ("conger" is a member of...):

Congridae; family Congridae (marine eels)

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