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Nurse fish with twisted tail (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angel

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This clue could be a double definition.

'nurse' is the first definition.
(angel can informally mean a nurse)

'fish with twisted tail' is the second definition.
'angel' can be an answer for 'fish' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'with twisted tail' bit.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for angel that I've seen before include "Theatre backer" , "Divine messenger" , "Spiritual being - financial backer" , "Heavenly being - 21 (anag)" , "One backing plays" .)

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