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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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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 | ||||
| 34% | 9 | Notoriously slippery fish | ||
noun • slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes | ||||
Slippery Fish
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EEL which was last seen in the Telegraph Mini crossword.
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Updated: October 29, 2025
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