conger, conger eel
(noun) large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
conger (plural congers)
Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
Synonym: conger eel
(historical) A chain of booksellers.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"ger, n. Etym: [L. conger, congrus, akin to Gr. congre.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The conger eel; -- called also congeree. Conger sea (Zoöl.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
