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conger

/ˈkɑŋɡɚ/ noun C2
  1. Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
  2. A chain of booksellers.

Plural congers

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“Well, there was Mystery,” the Mock Turtle replied, counting off the subjects on his flappers, “—Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling—the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: _he_ taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 74 · B2

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