"elver" meaning in English

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        "A young eel."
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a young eel",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "angula"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a young eel",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "anguiló"
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          "code": "da",
          "english": "glass eel",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a young eel",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "glasål"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a young eel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "glasaal"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a young eel",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a young eel",
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          "word": "palinkje"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a young eel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "anguille de verre"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a young eel",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a young eel",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a young eel",
          "word": "bouiron"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a young eel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "sense": "a young eel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "sense": "a young eel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "jagulče",
          "sense": "a young eel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a young eel",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a young eel",
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          "sense": "a young eel",
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          "sense": "a young eel",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "angula"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a young eel",
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      "word": "anguiló"
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      "code": "da",
      "english": "glass eel",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "glasål"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a young eel",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "palinkje"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anguille de verre"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "civelle"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pibale"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "word": "bouiron"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meixón"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Glasaal"
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luathóg"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "jagulče",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "јагулче"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a young eel",
      "word": "ngorengore"
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      "sense": "a young eel",
      "word": "nīoreore"
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      "sense": "a young eel",
      "word": "ngāeroero"
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      "sense": "a young eel",
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