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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 | ||||||||
| 42% | 6 | Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backward and forward | ||||||
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| 37% | 11 | The fin that allows a fish to move forward and backward | ||||||
noun • either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement | ||||||||
Fish That Can Move Equally Well Forward And Backward Crossword Clue
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EELS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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EELS
Updated: October 11, 2023
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