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fish-brained

fish-brained adjective: having low intelligence and a short memory or attention span.

Adjective

fish-brained (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, uncommon) Having low intelligence and a short memory or attention span.

Forms of fish-brained

alternative formfishbrained

Questions about fish-brained

What does fish-brained mean?
Fish-brained means having low intelligence and a short memory or attention span.
What part of speech is fish-brained?
Fish-brained is an adjective.

Words near fish-brained in the dictionary

  1. fish-bellied
  2. fish-belly girder
  3. fish-belly girders
  4. fish-blooded
  5. fish-brain
  6. fish-brained
  7. fish-cake
  8. fish-cakes
  9. fish-eating
  10. fish-eating crocodile
  11. fish-eating grin

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