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An ___ Held By The Tail Is Not Yet Caught Old Proverb Crossword Clue

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noun

• the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled

• voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

26%8 A proverb passed verbally
noun

• (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings.

26%8Proverb writer
noun

• someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms

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New York Times22 Jan 2016 Down 30
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