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dither fish

dither fish noun: a fish used to reduce aggression and increase amicability among other fish; its habit of swimming in the open gives other fish confidence that there are no predators around.

Noun

dither fish (countable and uncountable, plural dither fish or dither fishes)

  1. A fish used to reduce aggression and increase amicability among other fish; its habit of swimming in the open gives other fish confidence that there are no predators around.

Forms of dither fish

pluraldither fish
pluraldither fishes

Questions about dither fish

What does dither fish mean?
Dither fish means a fish used to reduce aggression and increase amicability among other fish; its habit of swimming in the open gives other fish confidence that there are no predators around.
What part of speech is dither fish?
Dither fish is a noun.
What is the plural of dither fish?
The plural of dither fish is dither fish.

Words near dither fish in the dictionary

  1. ditheistical
  2. ditheists
  3. dithelism
  4. dithematic
  5. dither
  6. dither fish
  7. dither fishes
  8. dithered
  9. ditherer
  10. ditherers
  11. dithering

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