Chopped parsley smothering minute fish (8)

I believe the answer is:

lampreys

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'chopped parsley smothering minute fish' is the definition.
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'chopped parsley smothering minute' is the wordplay.
'chopped' indicates anagramming the letters (letters chopped or smashed up).
'smothering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'minute' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'parsley' anagrammed gives 'lapreys'.
'lapreys' placed around 'm' is 'LAMPREYS'.

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