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Gelatinous substance a fish repeatedly produces (4,4)
A__ __ __ / a__ a __

I would appreciate some help please. Many thanks.

Agar Agar

Gar is a fish

agar agar.

It's actually a seaweed product. Two words, both the same, each with the last three letters a fish.

Use in "plates" for incubating bacteria.

agar
ˈeɪgɑː/
noun
noun: agar-agar

a gelatinous substance obtained from certain red seaweeds and used in biological culture media and as a thickener in foods.

thank you

i trevor hope your well many thanks

thank you chrise.
we are having dreadful thunderstorm at the moment.
what's the weather like with you?

your explanation was super thank you.

It has been pouring (good for the garden - it needed it!), but it has just stopped for the time being.

My wife is on a fern trip up Ingleborough today. I declined, and tried to convince her that she was daft to go, given the weather forecast.