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coarse fish

coarse fish noun: any fish that is not a game fish, and thus historically disdained by recreational anglers.

Noun

coarse fish (plural coarse fishes or coarse fish)

  1. Any fish that is not a game fish, and thus historically disdained by recreational anglers.
  2. (UK) Any fish dwelling near the surface of the water that is not a salmonid.

Forms of coarse fish

pluralcoarse fishes
pluralcoarse fish

Questions about coarse fish

What does coarse fish mean?
Coarse fish means any fish that is not a game fish, and thus historically disdained by recreational anglers.
What part of speech is coarse fish?
Coarse fish is a noun.
What is the plural of coarse fish?
The plural of coarse fish is coarse fishes.

Words near coarse fish in the dictionary

  1. coarranging
  2. coarray
  3. coarrays
  4. coars
  5. coarse
  6. coarse fish
  7. coarse-grained
  8. coarse-grainedness
  9. coarse-graining
  10. coarse-grainings
  11. coarse-handed

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