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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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adjective satellite • shaped in the form of an eel | ||||||||
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noun • (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait | ||||||||
Snaky Fish That Can Swim Backward Crossword Clue
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EEL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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EEL
Updated: October 11, 2023
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