Keen Fish Swallowing River Insect

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Updated: September 1, 2025

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adjective satellite • having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect • characterized by or full of force and vigor • clearly or sharply defined to the mind
	30%	6		Assists in swallowing and swallowing reflex
noun • a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
	30%	6		Keen to see monster swallowing vessel
adjective satellite • capable of wounding • causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

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