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fih

/fɪ(ː)/

fih is the alternative spelling of fish.

Meaning of fish

Noun

fish (countable and uncountable, plural fish or fishes)

  1. (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
    • Salmon is a fish.
  2. Any vertebrate, including tetrapods.
  3. (archaic, broadly) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
    • The whale, the limpet, the tortoise and the oyster… as men have been willing to give them all the name of fishes, it is wisest for us to conform.1774, Oliver Goldsmith, History of the Earth and Animated Nature, volume IV
    1. (archaic, broadly) Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).
  4. (Newfoundland) Cod; codfish.
  5. (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
    • The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.

See all 33 meanings of fish

Forms of fih

pluralfihs

Origin of fih

Influenced by bih (“bitch”) and dih (“dick”). Equivalent to fish + -h.

Questions about fih

What is fih the alternative spelling of?
Fih is the alternative spelling of fish.
How do you pronounce fih?
Fih is pronounced /fɪ(ː)/.

Words near fih in the dictionary

  1. figurizes
  2. figurizing
  3. figury
  4. figwort
  5. figworts
  6. fih
  7. Fihaalhohi
  8. fihs
  9. FII
  10. FIII
  11. fiine

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