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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 | ||||||||
| 24% | 9 | Spiny | ||||||
adjective • having or resembling a stinger or barb | ||||||||
| 24% | 14 | Spiny | ||||||
adjective satellite • pointed like bristles | ||||||||
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EEL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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Updated: October 11, 2023
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