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PRONUNCIATION OF CONGO EEL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONGO EEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Congo eel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONGO EEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amphiuma

Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders, the only extant genus within the family Amphiumidae /æmfɨˈjuːmɨdiː/. They are also known to fishermen as "conger eels" or "Congo snakes", which are zoologically incorrect designations. The Amphiuma has one of the largest amounts of DNA in the living world, around 25 times more than a human.

Definition of congo eel in the English dictionary

The definition of congo eel in the dictionary is an aquatic salamander, Amphiuma means, having an eel-like body with gill slits and rudimentary limbs and inhabiting still muddy waters in the southern US: family Amphiumidae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONGO EEL

conglomeratic
conglomeration
conglomerative
conglomerator
conglutinant
conglutinate
conglutination
conglutinative
conglutinator
Congo
Congo Free State
Congo red
congo snake
Congo-Brazzaville
Congo-Kinshasa
Congolese
congou
congrats
congratters
congratulable

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONGO EEL

at the wheel
electric eel
feel
greater sand eel
gulper eel
heel
keel
lamper eel
moray eel
peel
reel
sand eel
sea eel
stainless steel
steel
steering wheel
the wheel
toe and heel
vinegar eel
wheel

Synonyms and antonyms of congo eel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «congo eel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONGO EEL

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The translations of congo eel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «congo eel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

刚果鳗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

congo eel
570 millions of speakers

English

congo eel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांगो मछली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكونغو ثعبان البحر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конго угорь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

congo enguia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঙ্গো ইয়েল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

congo anguille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Congo belut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kongo Aal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コンゴウナギ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콩고 장어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Congo eel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

congo lươn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோங்கோ ஈல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉन्गो इल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kınalı yılan balığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

congo eel
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kongo węgorz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

конго вугор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

congo anghilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κονγκό χέλι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Kongo eel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kongo ål
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

congo ål
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of congo eel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGO EEL»

The term «congo eel» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.104 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGO EEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about congo eel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONGO EEL»

Discover the use of congo eel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to congo eel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Culinary Herpetologist
Place the bay leaf and garlic in the oil and heat until hot. Fry Amphiuma in hot oil, 300°F until brown. AmphiumaAmphiuma Remove from oil and drain. Serve hot. CONGO EEL WITH CUCUMBERS 1 2–3 lb congo eel*, dressed 1 tbsp parsley, ...
‎2005
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The Shipyard: Will It Float
Pete the Polack said that he had never seen a congo eel or skate and if anybody caught one or both of them he would like to see them. We motored out into the bay and started fishing. We anchored a mile from the boat livery. The fish were not ...
Dave Drummond, 2003
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Univ. of Penn. Medical Bulletin Vol XV
XIII. Serum of Barn-door Skate (Raja lzevis). Blood of red sea robin. “ Congo eel. summer skate. winter skate. “ dog fish. (I XIV. Serum of Scup (Stenotomus crysops). Blood of herring. ' ' menhaden. “ horseshoe crab. Moderate agglutination.
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Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... conglutínate: 5 coapt; 11 agglutinate conglutination: 13 agglomeration, agglutination Congo: 10 Congo River; 11 French Congo; 15 Republic of Congo; 25 People's Republic of the Congo congo copal: 8 congo gum congo eel: 8 amphiuma, ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
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University of Pennsylvania Medical Bulletin
These were : Mustelus canis (dog fish), Cynoscion regalis (squeteague), Amphiurna means (Congo eel), and Rana catesbiana (bull-frog). The fresh serum of Mustelus canis showed the following hemolytic action when used in the proportion ...
University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine, 1904
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Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, ...
... Lv88, Ph36> congo' [k5go, kägo] n.m. 1 water mocassin, cottonmouth 2 amphiuma (aquatic salamander known variously as congo eel, conger eel, or congo snake) 3 green-winged teal 0 'congo à tête plate / serpent congo water mocassin, ...
Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, 2009
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Florida
Plate 7a Two-toed Amphiuma (also called Congo Eel) Amphiuma means ID: Large, to 1 m (3.3 ft) long, eel-like salamander with four tiny legs, each with two toes. No external gills, but there is a gill slit on either side of the head. Body is dark ...
Fiona Sunquist, Mel Sunquist, Les Beletsky, 2007
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Small Animal Care and Management
The Congo Eel. Commonly called Congo eels, am- phiumas have long, round bodies with tapered heads. They have two pairs of tiny, weak limbs with one, two, or three toes on each limb. They range from 18 to 46 inches in length; all three ...
Dean Marvin Warren, 2002
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Fossil Salamanders of North America
Family Amphiumidae Gray, 1825 Amphiumas Fig. 49 If there is any salamander family that can rival the family Sirenidae in its ability to be misunderstood, it's the Amphiumidae. These animals may be called Congo eel, conger eel, lamper eel,  ...
J. Alan Holman, 2006
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Aquatic Life of the World
A congo eel eats a frog. Despite its name, this creature is a salamander and not a fish at all. The limbs of the congo eel are tiny and useless; it swims by undulating like an eel and spends its whole life in water. ' Salmon are torpedo-shaped fish ...
‎2000

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONGO EEL»

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COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE TRI-LAKES AREA
The program highlights rare reptiles and will feature Gila monsters, poison arrow frogs, a Congo eel, a 9-foot-long albino Burmese python and ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
2
Fishing celebrity enjoys the fame
... specimens even saw them swing by the Auckland Museum on the way to the airport to drop off a northern congo eel to marine biology curator ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 14»
3
THE AMAZING WORLD OF SALAMANDERS
The alternative name 'congo eel' (often misunderstood as 'conger eel' by laypeople: the real conger eels really are, of course, eels) is ... «Scientific American, Oct 13»
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BioBlitz celebrates species identification and diversity at Jean Lafitte …
“The most interesting thing we found was an amphiuma, known commonly as a Congo Eel. This large, slimy salamander has tiny little T-Rex ... «NOLA.com, May 13»
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International Business: Google Translate has great uses, disastrous …
... with English translations for menu items like “stir-fried Wikipedia" and “barbecued Congo eel with Wikipedia and fermented bean curd. «Deseret News, Apr 11»

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