ELVER


Meaning of ELVER in English

/ ˈelvə(r); NAmE / noun

a young eel

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: variant of dialect eel-fare the passage of young eels up a river , also a brood of young eels , from eel + fare in its original sense a journey .

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