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Oily Food Fish Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is MACKEREL which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: MACKEREL

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199%8Exact Match!
235%9 Small, oily fish widely used in fish meal and fish oil
329%9 Small, oily fish typically used for making fish sauce

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We think the answer is "MACKEREL" which means:

    noun
  • • Flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty atlantic fish
  • • Any of various fishes of the family scombridae

An example sentence would be:

  • • "I enjoy eating grilled mackerel for dinner."
  • • "The fisherman caught several mackerels from the sea."

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