English words for 'Alternative form of fish-brained.'
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noun
- (usually uncountable) The fish as food.
- (usually countable) A trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, that has black spots and a pink streak running along the body.
- found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska
- flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
noun
- Such fish prepared as food.
- Any of several small fish, mostly in families Atherinidae and Atherinopsidae, both in order Atheriniformes, that are characterized by bright, silvery scales.
- (British) The upper side of a round of beef.
- (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, informal) Corned beef made with this type of meat.
- small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
noun
- the flesh of fish used as food
- (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
- any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- A period of time spent fishing.
- (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
- A cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes).
- (uncountable, slang, sometimes derogatory, sometimes positive) A (feminine) woman. (See also fishy.)
- An instance of seeking something.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
- (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
- (countable, poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
- (Newfoundland) Cod; codfish.
- A placoderm (paraphyletic class †Placodermi).
- A jawless fish (paraphyletic infraphylum Agnatha).
- (LGBTQ slang, sometimes problematic) A drag queen or transgender woman who looks like a cisgender woman.
- (countable, nautical, military, slang) A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
- (prison slang) A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
- A bony fish (clade Osteichthyes), including tetrapods.
- (Roman Catholicism) An aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) A male homosexual; a gay man.
- (countable, slang) An easy victim for swindling.
- (cellular automata, rare) A spaceship.
- (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
- A spiny shark (paraphyletic class †Acanthodii)
- (countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
verb
- seek indirectly
- catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
- (nautical, transitive) To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- (intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.
- (transitive) To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
- (intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist the flukes of.
- (fishing, transitive) To use as bait when fishing.
- (transitive) To draw or guide (a wire or cable) by means of fish tape.
- (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
noun
- A meal or dish made from this fish.
- (zoology) One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.
- The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
- (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
- (Sri Lanka) canned fish, usually mackerel.
- a pale pinkish orange color
- flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
- any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
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verb
noun
- Edible flesh of this fish.
- A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
- fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
- small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
noun
prefix
noun
- (usually uncountable) The fish as food.
- (usually countable) A trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, that has black spots and a pink streak running along the body.
- found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska
- flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
noun
- Such fish prepared as food.
- Any of several small fish, mostly in families Atherinidae and Atherinopsidae, both in order Atheriniformes, that are characterized by bright, silvery scales.
- (British) The upper side of a round of beef.
- (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, informal) Corned beef made with this type of meat.
- small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
noun
- the flesh of fish used as food
- (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
- any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- A period of time spent fishing.
- (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
- A cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes).
- (uncountable, slang, sometimes derogatory, sometimes positive) A (feminine) woman. (See also fishy.)
- An instance of seeking something.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
- (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
- (countable, poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
- (Newfoundland) Cod; codfish.
- A placoderm (paraphyletic class †Placodermi).
- A jawless fish (paraphyletic infraphylum Agnatha).
- (LGBTQ slang, sometimes problematic) A drag queen or transgender woman who looks like a cisgender woman.
- (countable, nautical, military, slang) A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
- (prison slang) A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
- A bony fish (clade Osteichthyes), including tetrapods.
- (Roman Catholicism) An aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) A male homosexual; a gay man.
- (countable, slang) An easy victim for swindling.
- (cellular automata, rare) A spaceship.
- (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
- A spiny shark (paraphyletic class †Acanthodii)
- (countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
verb
- seek indirectly
- catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
- (nautical, transitive) To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- (intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.
- (transitive) To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
- (intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist the flukes of.
- (fishing, transitive) To use as bait when fishing.
- (transitive) To draw or guide (a wire or cable) by means of fish tape.
- (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
noun
- A meal or dish made from this fish.
- (zoology) One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.
- The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
- (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
- (Sri Lanka) canned fish, usually mackerel.
- a pale pinkish orange color
- flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
- any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
adj
verb
noun
- Edible flesh of this fish.
- A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
- fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
- small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
noun
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