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fish Synonyms

fish

n.

piscis (Latin), seafood, panfish, denizen of the deep, finny prey, one of the finny tribe. see also bass, clam, lobster, oyster, shrimp, trout, turtle, whale 1.

Types of fish include: catfish, pickerel, pike, perch, trout, flounder, sucker, sunfish, bass, crappy, bream, sole, turbot, mackerel, cod, horse mackerel, salmon, carp, minnow, porgy, eel, bullhead, hogfish, blenny, blindfish, herring, shad, barracuda, monkfish, bluefish, shark, tilefish, swordfish, goldfish, gar, bowfin, flatfish, devilfish, dogfish, goby, flying fish, blackfish, whitefish, tuna, marlin, red snapper, grouper, mahi-mahi, roughy, grampus, pompano, haddock, hake, halibut, mullet, loach, muskellunge, bluefish, sardine, anchovy, smelt;

drink like a fish*

drink heavily, imbibe, get drunk; see drink 2.

like a fish out of water*

out of place, out of one's element, alien, displaced; see improper 1, unfamiliar 2.

neither fish, flesh, nor fowl

unrecognizable, indefinite, unknown, amorphous; see uncertain 2, vague 2.

fish Synonyms

fish

v.

go fishing, angle, troll, seine, net, trawl, fly-cast, bob, shrimp, clam, cast one's hook, bait the hook, whale, cast one's net, bait up*.

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