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Fish That Wriggle 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

58%8 To wriggle or wriggle into a tight or narrow space
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29%3Wriggle
noun

• a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

verb

• to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

• be nosey

• search or inquire in a meddlesome way

• make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

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