n.
Pronunciation: ' fish
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural fish or fish · es
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fisc; akin to Old High German fisc fish, Latin piscis
Date: before 12th century
1 a : an aquatic animal ― usually used in combination <star fish > <cuttle fish > b : any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and usually the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated
2 : the flesh of fish used as food
3 a : a person who is caught or is wanted (as in a criminal investigation) b : FELLOW , PERSON <an odd fish > c : SUCKER 5A
4 : something that resembles a fish: as a plural capitalized : PISCES 1 also : PISCES 2A b : TORPEDO 2B
– fish · less \ ' fish-l ə s \ adjective
– fish · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective
– fish out of water : a person who is in an unnatural or uncomfortable sphere or situation
– fish to fry : concerns or interests to pursue ― usually used with other
– neither fish nor fowl : one that does not belong to a particular class or category
fish 1b: 1 mandible, 2 nasal opening, 3 eye, 4 cheek, 5 operculum, 6 dorsal fins, 7 lateral line, 8 caudal fin, 9 scales, 10 anal fin, 11 anus, 12 pectoral fin, 13 pelvic fin, 14 maxilla, 15 premaxilla, 16 upper jaw