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fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish" |
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aquatic vertebrate animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
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shoal,
school a stretch of shallow water
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pisces a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically
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bottom-dweller,
bottom-feeder a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water
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bottom lurkers a fish that lurks on the bottom of a body of water
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cartilaginous fish,
chondrichthian fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
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fish scale scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish
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roe the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
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milt seminal fluid produced by male fish
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lateral line,
lateral line organ sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water
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fin organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
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caudal fin,
tail fin the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates
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fishbone a bone of a fish
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fingerling a young or small fish
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game fish,
sport fish any fish providing sport for the angler
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food fish any fish used for food by human beings
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rough fish any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait
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young fish a fish that is young
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mouthbreeder any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths
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spawner a female fish at spawning time
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northern snakehead a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish
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bony fish any fish of the class Osteichthyes
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a. testudineus,
anabas testudineus,
climbing perch a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land
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fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish" |
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solid food,
food any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
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panfish any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the market
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stockfish fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt
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anchovy small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
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eel voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
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gray mullet,
grey mullet,
mullet bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
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alewife shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
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schrod,
scrod flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled
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haddock important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
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hake any of several marine food fishes related to cod
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trout any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
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rock salmon any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food
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salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
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shad herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
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smelt small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
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fish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends" |
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take hold of,
grab,
catch capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
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crab fish for crab
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seine fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
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scollop,
scallop shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"
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rail complain bitterly
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brail haul fish aboard with brails
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angle fish with a hook
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shrimp fish for shrimp
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net fish fish with nets
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shark hunt shark
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trawl fish with trawlers
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still-fish fish with the line and bait resting still or stationary in the water
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prawn fish for prawns
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fish - seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" |
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angle |
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look for,
search,
seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
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