conger
noun
- system common in bookselling in 18th and early 19th century England
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/ / /ˈkɑŋɡɚ/
name
Etymology: Unexplained.
- A surname.
- A city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English congre, from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).
- Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
“The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.”
- A chain of booksellers.