Cōn'ger or Cōn'ger-eel, n.

(kōng'gur, 82), n. [Lat. conger, congrus, Gr. γόγγρυς; It. gongro, Fr. & Pr. congre.] (Ichth.) The sea-eel; a large species of eel, of the Anguilla family (Conger of some naturalists).

☞ It sometimes grows to the length of ten feet, and weighs a hundred pounds. Baird.