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Slippery Swimmer Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "EEL" which means:
- 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 verb
- • To fish for eels.
- • To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The eel slithered through the riverbed."
- • "I ordered grilled eel for dinner."
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New York Times02 Feb 2016 | Down 65 | |
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