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The Clue

Atlantic gunnel (10 letter answer)

The Answer

BUTTERFISH

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Notes

The answer BUTTERFISH is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

Definition

BUTTERFISH as a noun:

1. any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
2. (butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid) = small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
3. (rock gunnel, butterfish, Pholis gunnellus) = slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters