Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young eel of fresh or brackish waters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young eel; especially, a young conger- or sea-eel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also
elvene .
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- noun a young
eel
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried
- noun young eel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The elver is the baby freshwater eel that is born in the Sargasso Sea south of Bermuda and drifts over to Europe on the Gulf Stream in the spring.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The elver is the baby freshwater eel that is born in the Sargasso Sea south of Bermuda and drifts over to Europe on the Gulf Stream in the spring.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Shortz, whose undemanding intellectual rigor -- An adult elver?
May 2008 2008
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Shortz, whose undemanding intellectual rigor -- An adult elver?
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Thanks to everyone who pointed out that an elver is a kind of eel.
Happy Book Day to Paul Melko & Stephen Leigh paulmelko 2008
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The change of V F strongly suggests a South Western origin of the word elver.
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The young elver, at least a year old, which makes its way from the open sea to the estuaries and rivers.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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By the time they have reached the elver stage, they have made their way, guided only by instinct, from the deep sea to the surface, and thence to the mouths of rivers; these they ascend in millions, and in their endeavour to get into fresh water, they have to overcome obstacles such as would deter most boys and girls.
Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873
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And it is true that the "Whitebait of the West", as the elver is known locally, currently sells for £250 a kilogram.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The elver may be fishy lucre to the hardy but for the rest of us it is easier to keep the day job.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
trivet commented on the word elver
baby eel
February 26, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word elver
WeirdNet is eager to give culinary advice.
February 2, 2009
bilby commented on the word elver
Indeed. Yeck.
February 2, 2009
frogapplause commented on the word elver
As young eels attain pigment and begin the journey into freshwater, they are called elvers.
July 13, 2012