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8d 10 letters genus of cyprinid freshwater fish of central europe whose eggs develop inside mussels b_ _ _e_ _ _n_

20d 7 letters a mass of fibres or microtubules formed during cell division _p_n_l_

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[Lie-in King]

8d Bitterling
20d Spindle

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thank you Lie-in King

[jumbokey]

20d is SPANGLE not spindle.

[Aquagility]

No, it's spindle.
"Cell division requires the assembly of a microtubule-based spindle" (Google).

[BigDave44]

What provenace do you have for spangle?

This is the definition of spindle from Chambers

Spindle
noun
1 the pin by which thread is twisted
2 a pin on which anything turns
3 the fusee of a watch
4 anything very slender
5 a spindle-shaped structure containing microtubules, formed within the nucleus or cytoplasm at the end of prophase during mitosis and meiosis (biology)

[Lie-in King]

I missed this...

...Thanks for covering, Aqua & Dave! :-)