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Separate Metal From Fish

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noun

• small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water

• small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

verb

• extract (metals) by heating

25%11 Joining metal together at a number of separate points
noun

• creating an overlapping joint by welding at small points

24%6 Wrote 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish'
noun

• United States writer of children's books (1904-1991)

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