Elver Definition

ĕlvər
noun
A young eel, esp. a young freshwater eel that has migrated from salt water, where it first develops by metamorphosis from a larva.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Elver

Noun

Singular:
elver
Plural:
elvers

Origin of Elver

  • Alteration of eelfare brood of young eels, passage of young eels up a river eel fare journey (obsolete)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From earlier eelfare (“migration of eels upstream”), from eel + fare.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

EELELV

Words Ending With

RERVER

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elver

Words Starting With E and Ending With R

Starts With E & Ends With RStarts With EL & Ends With RStarts With E & Ends With ER

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