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fish pounds

fish pounds is the plural of fish pound.

Meaning of fish pound

Noun

fish pound (plural fish pounds)

  1. (Canada, US, dialectal) A net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir.
    • the River St. Francis and its tributary Rivers and Streams should at all seasons remain open and unencumbered by fish pounds, so that Salmon may be left unmolested at and in ascending to their spawning places1841, The Provincial Statutes of Canada

Questions about fish pounds

What is fish pounds the plural of?
Fish pounds is the plural of fish pound.

Words near fish pounds in the dictionary

  1. fish pole
  2. fish pond
  3. fish ponds
  4. fish pot
  5. fish pound
  6. fish pounds
  7. fish sauce
  8. fish sauces
  9. fish scale
  10. fish scales
  11. fish science

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