Definition of fish

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Fish (v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments..

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Blindfish :: Blindfish (n.) A small fish (Amblyopsis spelaeus) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name..
Crossfish :: Crossfish (n.) A starfish.
Post-temporal :: Post-temporal (a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
Henfish :: Henfish (n.) A marine fish; the sea bream.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do..
Pot :: Pot (n.) A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc..
Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish..
Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
Churl :: Churl (a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.
Scad :: Scad (n.) A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species..
Croaker :: Croaker (n.) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast..
Henfish :: Henfish (n.) A young bib. See Bib, n., 2..
Netting :: Netting (n.) The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc..
Oolite :: Oolite (n.) A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology..
Brasse :: Brasse (n.) A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch..
Ichthyography :: Ichthyography (n.) A treatise on fishes.
Pounce :: Pounce (n.) A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript..
Ray :: Ray (n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc..
Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes..
Billfish :: Billfish (n.) A name applied to several distinct fishe.
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