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fishbones

fishbones is the plural of fishbone.

Meaning of fishbone

Noun

fishbone (plural fishbones)

  1. A bone from a fish.
    • He choked on a fishbone.
  2. (attributive, figuratively) Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton.
    • a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass

Questions about fishbones

What is fishbones the plural of?
Fishbones is the plural of fishbone.

Words near fishbones in the dictionary

  1. fishbolt
  2. fishbolts
  3. fishbone
  4. fishbone diagram
  5. fishbone diagrams
  6. fishbones
  7. fishboning
  8. fishborne
  9. Fishbourne
  10. fishbowl
  11. fishbowls

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