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el·ver (el′vər)

noun

a young eel, esp. a young freshwater eel that has migrated from saltwater, where it first develops by metamorphosis from a larva

Etymology: for eelfare, the passage of young eels up a stream

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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