| fish | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. 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" |
| ~ bottom-dweller, bottom-feeder | a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water. |
| ~ bottom lurkers | a fish that lurks on the bottom of a body of water. |
| ~ aquatic vertebrate | animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water. |
| ~ cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian | fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified. |
| ~ fish scale | scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish. |
| ~ roe | eggs of female fish. |
| ~ milt | seminal fluid produced by male fish. |
| ~ lateral line, lateral line organ | sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water. |
| ~ fin | organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals. |
| ~ caudal fin, tail fin | the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates. |
| ~ fishbone | a bone of a fish. |
| ~ pisces | a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically. |
| ~ fingerling | a young or small fish. |
| ~ game fish, sport fish | any fish providing sport for the angler. |
| ~ food fish | any fish used for food by human beings. |
| ~ rough fish | any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait. |
| ~ young fish | a fish that is young. |
| ~ mouthbreeder | any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths. |
| ~ spawner | a female fish at spawning time. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ bony fish | any fish of the class Osteichthyes. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ shoal, school | a large group of fish.; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" |
| n. (food) | 2. 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" |
| ~ solid food, food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment.; "food and drink" |
| ~ panfish | any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the market. |
| ~ stockfish | fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt. |
| ~ anchovy | tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces. |
| ~ eel | the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled. |
| ~ gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet | highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet. |
| ~ alewife | flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams. |
| ~ schrod, scrod | flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled. |
| ~ haddock | lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried. |
| ~ hake | the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod. |
| ~ trout | flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes. |
| ~ rock salmon | any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food. |
| ~ salmon | flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae. |
| ~ shad | bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast. |
| ~ smelt | small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water. |
| n. (person) | 3. fish, pisces | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ astrology, star divination | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon. |
| n. (location) | 4. fish, pisces, pisces the fishes | the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20. |
| ~ mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, house | (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided. |
| v. (contact) | 5. angle, fish | seek indirectly.; "fish for compliments" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (competition) | 6. fish | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish.; "I like to go fishing on weekends" |
| ~ crab | fish for crab. |
| ~ seine | fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine. |
| ~ scollop, scallop | fish for scallops. |
| ~ rail | fish with a handline over the rails of a boat.; "They are railing for fresh fish" |
| ~ brail | haul fish aboard with brails. |
| ~ angle | fish with a hook. |
| ~ shrimp | fish for shrimp. |
| ~ net fish | fish with nets. |
| ~ shark | hunt shark. |
| ~ trawl | fish with trawlers. |
| ~ still-fish | fish with the line and bait resting still or stationary in the water. |
| ~ prawn | fish for prawns. |
| ~ grab, take hold of, catch | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of.; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" |
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