Definition of fish

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Fish (v. t.) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor..

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Lepidoganoid :: Lepidoganoid (n.) Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively..
Moonstruck :: Moonstruck (a.) Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence..
Kingfish :: Kingfish (n.) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero..
Pad :: Pad (n.) A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles..
Hemibranchi :: Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia..
Light-horseman :: Light-horseman (n.) A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors..
Whitefish :: Whitefish (n.) The menhaden.
Troll :: Troll (v. i.) To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water..
Sheepshead :: Sheepshead (n.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, / Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds..
Needlefish :: Needlefish (n.) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish..
Homology :: Homology (n.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure..
Scorpaenoid :: Scorpaenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish..
Raffish :: Raffish (a.) Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low..
Snood :: Snood (n.) A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
Blob :: Blob (n.) A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.
Ossean :: Ossean (n.) A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost.
Bachelor :: Bachelor (n.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States..
Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).
Burrock :: Burrock (n.) A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
Scrode :: Scrode (n.) A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed..
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