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fish
  1. (countable) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
  2. (archaic or loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
  3. (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
  4. (uncountable) 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.
  5. (derogatory) A woman.
  6. (countable, slang) An easy victim for swindling.
  7. (poker) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
  8. (countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
  9. (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
  10. (countable, nautical) A torpedo.
  11. (zoology) A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
    1. Class Myxini, the hagfish (no vertebra)
    2. Class Petromyzontida, the lampreys (no jaw)
    3. Within infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates (also including Tetrapoda)
  12. (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
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  14. Examples:
    1. “As he was leaving, he saw a big fish in the water, and he wanted to catch it, thinking that everyone would appreciate his extra efforts.”
      “He's an odd fish, to be sure. But you have to admire his pluck.”
fish
  1. A period of time spent fishing.
  2. An instance of seeking something.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “As he was leaving, he saw a big fish in the water, and he wanted to catch it, thinking that everyone would appreciate his extra efforts.”
      “He's an odd fish, to be sure. But you have to admire his pluck.”
fishpond
  1. A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
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    1. “Most days, we played games in the streets or by the fishpond in the back yard, and explored the narrow maze-like alleyways with newfound friends.”
      “Visible earthworks include roads, a fishpond, the foundation of a manor house, and 30 peasant houses set out in regular rows.”
      “This forum was one of the fishpond of the new French Touch generation, with artists like Arias, Jeff di Feno or Arno Cost.”
fisherboy
  1. A boy employed in catching fish; a young fisherman.
fish
  1. (obsolete) A counter, used in various games.
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    1. “As he was leaving, he saw a big fish in the water, and he wanted to catch it, thinking that everyone would appreciate his extra efforts.”
      “He's an odd fish, to be sure. But you have to admire his pluck.”
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