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Elusive Swimmer Crossword Clue

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199%3Exact Match!
231%11Elusive or elusive to comprehend
331%8 Having an elusive or elusive quality

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We think the answer is "EEL" which means:

    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
  • verb
  • • To fish for eels.
  • • To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The eel slithered through the riverbed."
  • • "I ordered grilled eel for dinner."

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