ELVER


Meaning of ELVER in English

[ 'ɛlvə ]

■ noun a young eel, especially when undergoing mass migration upriver from the sea.

Origin

C17: var. of dialect eel-fare 'the passage of young eels up a river', from eel + fare in its original sense 'a journey'.

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