Slippery fish that rhymes with "meal" Crossword Clue

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Slippery fish that rhymes with "meal" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
2. voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SLIPPERY (adjective)
1. not to be trusted
2. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
FISH (noun)
1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
2. the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
FISH (verb)
1. seek indirectly
2. catch or try to catch fish or shellfish

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
LEE

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