fish
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1. any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | aquatic vertebrate, |
| definition | : | animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bottom lurkers, |
| definition | : | a fish that lurks on the bottom of a body of water (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | fingerling, |
| definition | : | a young or small fish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | game fish, sport fish, |
| definition | : | any fish providing sport for the angler (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | food fish, |
| definition | : | any fish used for food by human beings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | rough fish, |
| definition | : | any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | young fish, |
| definition | : | a fish that is young (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mouthbreeder, |
| definition | : | any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | spawner, |
| definition | : | a female fish at spawning time (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | northern snakehead, |
| definition | : | a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bony fish, |
| definition | : | any fish of the class Osteichthyes (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | fish scale, |
| definition | : | scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | roe, |
| definition | : | eggs of female fish (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | milt, |
| definition | : | seminal fluid produced by male fish (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | lateral line, lateral line organ, |
| definition | : | sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | fin, |
| definition | : | organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | caudal fin, tail fin, |
| definition | : | the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | fishbone, |
| definition | : | a bone of a fish (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | pisces, |
| definition | : | a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | school, shoal, |
| definition | : | a large group of fish (noun.group) |
2. the flesh of fish used as food (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | food, solid food, |
| definition | : | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | panfish, |
| definition | : | any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the market (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | stockfish, |
| definition | : | fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | anchovy, |
| definition | : | tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | eel, |
| definition | : | the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | alewife, |
| definition | : | flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | schrod, scrod, |
| definition | : | flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | haddock, |
| definition | : | lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | hake, |
| definition | : | the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | trout, |
| definition | : | flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | rock salmon, |
| definition | : | any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | salmon, |
| definition | : | flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | shad, |
| definition | : | bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | smelt, |
| definition | : | small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water (noun.food) |
3. the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 (noun.location)
4. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces (noun.person)
| domain category | : | astrology, star divination, |
| definition | : | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon (noun.cognition) |
5. catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition)
| hypernym | : | catch, grab, take hold of, |
| definition | : | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | crab, |
| definition | : | fish for crab (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | seine, |
| definition | : | fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | scallop, scollop, |
| definition | : | fish for scallops (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | rail, |
| definition | : | fish with a handline over the rails of a boat (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | brail, |
| definition | : | haul fish aboard with brails (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | angle, |
| definition | : | fish with a hook (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | shrimp, |
| definition | : | fish for shrimp (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | net fish, |
| definition | : | fish with nets (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | shark, |
| definition | : | hunt shark (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | trawl, |
| definition | : | fish with trawlers (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | still-fish, |
| definition | : | fish with the line and bait resting still or stationary in the water (verb.competition) |
| hyponym | : | prawn, |
| definition | : | fish for prawns (verb.contact) |
6. seek indirectly (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | look for, search, seek, |
| definition | : | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of (verb.contact) |
7. any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | angle, fish, |
| definition | : | seek indirectly (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | fishy, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or resembling fish (adj.pert) |
8. the flesh of fish used as food (noun.food)
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition) |
9. catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | fishing, sportfishing, |
| definition | : | the act of someone who fishes as a diversion (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | fishing, |
| definition | : | the occupation of catching fish for a living (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | fishery, piscary, |
| definition | : | a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | the flesh of fish used as food (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | fisher, fisherman, |
| definition | : | someone whose occupation is catching fish (noun.person) |
10. seek indirectly (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills (noun.animal) |
11. any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | angle, fish, |
| definition | : | seek indirectly (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | fishy, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or resembling fish (adj.pert) |
12. the flesh of fish used as food (noun.food)
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition) |
13. catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | fishing, sportfishing, |
| definition | : | the act of someone who fishes as a diversion (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | fishing, |
| definition | : | the occupation of catching fish for a living (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | fishery, piscary, |
| definition | : | a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | the flesh of fish used as food (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | fisher, fisherman, |
| definition | : | someone whose occupation is catching fish (noun.person) |
14. seek indirectly (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | fish, |
| definition | : | any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills (noun.animal) |
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