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el·ver
(ĕl′vər)n.
A young eel of fresh or brackish waters.
[Alteration of eelfare, brood of young eels, passage of young eels up a river : eel + fare, journey (obsolete).]
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elver
(ˈɛlvə)n
(Zoology) a young eel, esp one migrating up a river from the sea. See also leptocephalus
[C17: variant of eelfare migration of young eels, literally: eel-journey; see eel, fare]
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el•ver
(ˈɛl vər)n.
a young eel, esp. one migrating up a stream from the ocean.
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| Noun | 1. | elver - young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried eel - the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled |
| 2. | elver - young eel 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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