Meaning of fish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname
2. A surname.
3. A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
   countable
4. fish that has been caught; food fish
5. A period of time spent fishing.
6. A counter, used in various games.
   obsolete
7. Acronym of fluorescent in situ hybridization, a molecular cytogenetic technique used to identify whether a DNA sample has a specific sequence.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
8. To deplete (a lake, for example) of fish by fishing.
9. The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces
10. A paraphyletic grouping of the following taxonomic groups:
    countable, uncountable
11. A jawless fish (paraphyletic infraphylum Agnatha).
    countable, uncountable
12. past participle of pescar
13. An instance of seeking something.
14. To proceed with an activity or abandon it altogether.
15. In infraphylum Gnathostomata:
    countable, uncountable
16. A cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes).
    countable, uncountable
17. Completely unfamiliar with one's surroundings or activity.
18. A bony fish (clade Osteichthyes), including tetrapods.
    countable, uncountable
19. Having no specific characteristics; indefinite.
20. A placoderm (paraphyletic class †Placodermi).
    countable, uncountable
21. Other matters to attend to: He declined to come along to the movie, saying he had other fish to fry.
22. A spiny shark (paraphyletic class †Acanthodii)
    countable, uncountable
23. Hamilton, 1808–93, U.S. secretary of state 1869–77.
24. Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
    archaic, broadly, countable, uncountable
25. Any of numerous cold-blooded vertebrate animals that live in water. Fish have gills for obtaining oxygen, a lateral line for sensing pressure changes in the water, and a vertical tail. Most fish are covered with scales and have limbs in the form of fins. See more at bony fish, cartilaginous fish, jawless fish.
26. Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).
    archaic, broadly, countable, uncountable
27. a term describing fish that migrate upriver to spawn.
28. Cod; codfish.
    Newfoundland, countable, uncountable
29. a term describing fish that migrate downriver to spawn.
30. The flesh of the fish used as food.
    uncountable
31. a toxic condition caused by toxic fish roe.
32. An aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.
    countable, uncountable
33. A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
    uncountable
34. An easy victim for swindling.
    countable, slang
35. A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
    countable, slang
36. A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
    countable
37. A purchase used to fish the anchor.
    countable, uncountable
38. A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
    countable, slang
39. The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
    countable, uncountable
40. A (feminine) woman. (See also fishy.)
    derogatory, positive, slang, sometimes, uncountable
41. A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
    countable, slang, uncountable
42. A male homosexual; a gay man.
    Jamaica, countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable
43. A drag queen or transgender woman who looks like a cisgender woman.
    countable, uncountable
44. A spaceship.
    countable, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Salmon is a fish.”

“The fishmonger sells fishes from all over the world.”

“Ichthyologists study the fish of the world.”

“We have many fish in our aquarium.”

“The whale, the limpet, the tortoise and the oyster… as men have been willing to give them all the name of fishes, it is wisest for us to conform.”

“Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me.”

“The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.”

“Though Lena is a vegetarian, she doesn't have any problem with eating fish.”

“Include low-mercury fish in your diet (such as salmon) and eat at least five servings a day of fruit and vegetables, especially dark leafy greens, broccoli, and cauliflower. Avoid saturated and trans fats, which may hasten brain aging.”

“Since the semi-aquatic beaver was a skilled swimmer, the Church declared it to be a fish for dietary purposes.”

“Throughout the Catholic Church's long history, archbishops and other prominent church leaders have made numerous declarations about which animals can be considered "fish for the purposes of Lent, even if those animals have virtually no similarities to fish in a scientific sense.”

“During the 17th and 18th centuries, Catholics around the world began to liberally interpret "fish" as any aquatic-based creature, despite blood temperature, and created local meat exceptions that remain in place today.”

“The second and third fish went to the middle of her long superstructure and under her forward deck.”

“As we came off patrol we had some torpedoes fired at us by an enemy submarine but we dived out of the way. About April 10 we fired our fish in two salvoes at a convoy.”

“When a young male enters the prison system he is looked over and is labeled a FISH.”

“Him father is a fish so mi know say it's sprat dat”

His father is a homosexual, so I know that he is too.

“Bere gunman deh ya we nuh fren fish (hey bwoy)”

Lots of gunmen are here, we don't befriend gay men (hey boy)

“The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.”

“Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.”

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