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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 | ||||||||
| 34% | 9 | Use a metaphor or simile to explain a complex idea | ||||||
verb • make an analogy | ||||||||
| 34% | 9 | Use of metaphor and simile | ||||||
noun • a poetic phrase, utterance, etc. | ||||||||
Slippery Figure In A Simile
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EEL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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Updated: February 12, 2025
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