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Fish

noun

(pl. fish, fishes)

Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills. "In the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"

The flesh of fish used as food. "After the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat" , "They have a chef who specializes in fish"

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces. Synonym: Pisces.

The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20. Synonyms: Pisces, Pisces the Fishes.

verb

(past & past part. fished; pres. part. fishing)

Seek indirectly. Synonym: angle.

Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish.

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