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con⋅ger

  [kong-ger]
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–noun
1. a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 ft. (3 m), used for food.
2. any other eel of the family Congridae.
Also called conger eel.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME kunger, congre < OF congre < L conger < Gk góngros sea-eel, gnarl, protuberance
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Word Origin & History

conger 
c.1300, from L. conger "sea-eel," from Gk. gongros "conger," probably from PIE base *geng-, *gong- "a lump, rounded object."
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