conger eel

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Noun1.conger eel - large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal watersconger eel - large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
eel - voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
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Aalmolch
tengeri angolna
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'I am sure,' said Uriah, writhing himself into the silence like a Conger-eel, 'that this is a subject full of unpleasantness to everybody.
Local specialities include conger-eel soup, apples baked in a spicy dough and Jersey Wonders - deep-fried doughnut-like cakes.