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Dictionary definition: fish
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- The Oxford American College Dictionary
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• n.(
pl.
same or
fishes
) a limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins and living wholly in water.
∎
the flesh of such animals as food.
∎
(
the Fish
or
Fishes
)the zodiacal sign or constellation Pisces.
∎
used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g.,
cuttlefish
,
shellfish
,
jellyfish
.
∎
[with
adj.
]
informal
a person who is strange in a specified way:
he is thought to be a
cold fish
.
∎
informal
a torpedo.
• v. [
intrans.
] catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line.
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