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Word: Elver
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: 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’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛlvə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a young eel, especially when undergoing mass migration upriver from the sea.
Short Definition:young eel
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