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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Flounder :: Flounder (n.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species..
Imp :: Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line..
Podley :: Podley (n.) A young coalfish.
Labroid :: Labroid (a.) Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labridae, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples..
Smeltie :: Smeltie (n.) A fish, the bib..
Dropper :: Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly..
Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons..
Squalid :: Squali (n. pl.) The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
Girrock :: Girrock (n.) A garfish.
Barb :: Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..
Alepidote :: Alepidote (n.) A fish without scales.
Ichthyolite :: Ichthyolite (n.) A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish..
Braize :: Braize (n.) A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
Scolopendra :: Scolopendra (n.) A sea fish.
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) The hagfish, or myxine..
Fisher :: Fisher (n.) One who fishes.
Spearfish :: Spearfish (n.) The carp sucker.
Tubfish :: Tubfish (n.) The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard.
Pectinal :: Pectinal (n.) A fish whose bone/ resemble comb teeth.
Jentling :: Jentling (n.) A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.
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