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fishdom

fishdom noun: the state of being a fish, or of belonging to the world of fish; fish collectively.

Noun

fishdom (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a fish, or of belonging to the world of fish; fish collectively.
    • In the ouananiche, fishdom has achieved its glittering perfection.1922, Thomas Morris Longstreth, The Laurentians: The Hills of the Habitant, page 286
    • Some kind of homing instinct—imprinting, they call it—guides a salmon to the very same mountain stream where it hatched and awoke to fishdom.2005, Robin Cody, Ricochet River, page 83

Origin of fishdom

From fish + -dom.

Questions about fishdom

What does fishdom mean?
Fishdom means the state of being a fish, or of belonging to the world of fish; fish collectively.
What part of speech is fishdom?
Fishdom is a noun.

Words near fishdom in the dictionary

  1. fishcatchers
  2. fishcultural
  3. fishculture
  4. fishculturist
  5. fishculturists
  6. fishdom
  7. fished
  8. fished down
  9. fished for compliments
  10. fished in troubled waters
  11. fished one's wish

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