eel fare
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eel|fare — «EEL FAIR», noun. 1. the passage of young eels up a river. 2. a brood of young eels. ╂[< eel + obsolete fare a journey] … Useful english dictionary
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eelfare — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: eel (I) + fare (journey) : the migration of young eels up a stream * * * eelˈfare noun 1. (OE faran to travel) a migratory passage of young eels 2. A brood of young eels … Useful english dictionary
elver — “young eel,” 1640s, variant of eelfare (1530s), lit. “passage of young eels up a river;” see EEL (Cf. eel) + FARE (Cf. fare) … Etymology dictionary
elver — [ 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 … English new terms dictionary
elver — /ˈɛlvə/ (say elvuh) noun a young eel, particularly when running up a stream from the ocean. {variant of eel fare (from eel + fare) passage of young eels up a river} …
elver — ► NOUN ▪ a young eel. ORIGIN variant of dialect eel fare «the passage of young eels up a river», from FARE(Cf. ↑fare) in its original sense «a journey» … English terms dictionary
elver — /el veuhr/, n. a young eel, esp. one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean. Also called glass eel. [1630 40; var. of ellfare, lit., eel journey. See EEL, FARE] * * * … Universalium
Eelfare — Eel fare , n. [Eel + fare a journey or passage.] (Zo[ o]l.) A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elver — n. a young eel. Etymology: var. of eel fare (see FARE) = a brood of young eels … Useful english dictionary
