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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried
2: young eel

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of eelfare migration of eels Date: circa 1640 a young eel; specifically a small immature catadromous eel chiefly of fresh and brackish water

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a young eel. Etymology: var. of eel-fare (see FARE) = a brood of young eels

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Elver El"ver, n. (Zo["o]l.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.