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Like snakes and eels
Answer for the clue "Like snakes and eels ", 8 letters:
slithery
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having a slippery surface or quality ; "slithery mud"; "slithery eels"
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As the sea flooded around them, the boy grabbed an axe and hacked at the slithery tentacles. ▪ As we began our slithery descent to the shore, a kestrel hovered above the brow of the hill. ▪ Clear as a bell, yet slithery ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. That slithers; that moves like a snake.
Usage examples of slithery.
Pods of slithery slauk popped beneath her boots, and she staggered sideways into a rock pool, barely regaining her balance.
And likewise to a man, it had arms, torso and legs, the latter shrivelled, twisted and protruding uselessly from the slithery mass that tapered away in flaps and tufts of fleshy membrane, to a scale-clad fish-tail.
The objects of the hunt are two slithery white soldiers of fortune who have taught a ragtag band of guerrillas how to fight and think like MauMaus, the PLO, and the Japanese army.