Definition of fish

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Fish (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces..

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Cartilaginous :: Cartilaginous (a.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks..
Lobster :: Lobster (n.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters..
Self :: Self (n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim..
Sauroid :: Sauroid (a.) Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish..
Chum :: Chum (n.) Chopped pieces of fish used as bait.
Spoon :: Spoon (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait..
Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.
Becker :: Becker (n.) A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.
Marsupiate :: Marsupiate (a.) Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea..
Bayatte :: Bayatte (n.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac)..
Beroe :: Beroe (n.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora..
Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
Croaker :: Croaker (n.) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast..
Rod :: Rod (n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
Devilfish :: Devilfish (n.) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler..
Whitefish :: Whitefish (n.) The menhaden.
Mademoiselle :: Mademoiselle (n.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch..
Croaker :: Croaker (n.) The surf fish of California.
Dermopterygii :: Dermopterygii (n. pl.) A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia.
Polypteroidei :: Polypteroidei (n. pl.) A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian..
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