elver

IPA: ˈɛɫvɝ

Examples of "elver" in Sentences

Shortz, whose undemanding intellectual rigor -- An adult elver?
Thanks to everyone who pointed out that an elver is a kind of eel.
The change of V F strongly suggests a South Western origin of the word elver.
The elver may be fishy lucre to the hardy but for the rest of us it is easier to keep the day job.
The young elver, at least a year old, which makes its way from the open sea to the estuaries and rivers.
And it is true that the "Whitebait of the West", as the elver is known locally, currently sells for £250 a kilogram.
The elver is the baby freshwater eel that is born in the Sargasso Sea south of Bermuda and drifts over to Europe on the Gulf Stream in the spring.
By the time they have reached the elver stage, they have made their way, guided only by instinct, from the deep sea to the surface, and thence to the mouths of rivers; these they ascend in millions, and in their endeavour to get into fresh water, they have to overcome obstacles such as would deter most boys and girls.