Slippery Creatures Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 13, 2023

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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
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	noun • eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies

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The Guardian Quick06 Dec 2004	Down 7
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