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fishess

fishess noun: a female fish.

Noun

fishess (plural fishesses)

  1. (humorous, rare) A female fish.
    • Now, in this aquarium there are four educated goldfish; at least, two are fish and the other two are fishesses. I think myself that fishesses are really more intelligent than fish. The only difference between fish and fishesses is that fish have votes.1911, David Devant, “With Fish and Letters. The Educated Fish”, in Nevil Maskelyne, David Devant, Our Magic: The Art in Magic, the Theory of Magic, the Practice of Magic, New York, N.Y.: E[dward]...
    • WHAT would you say to spending the day at a moving picture studio? (Unnecessary question No. 1.) What would you say to spending the day at the Kleine studio in New York—with Billie Burke? (Vurr’, vurr’ unnecessary question No. 2.) What would you say? Ye gods and goddesses and little fishesses! If...1913 March 5, Mae Tinee [pseudonym; Frances Peck Grover], “Right off the Reel: A Day in a Studio with Billie Burke”, in The Chicago Sunday Tribune, volume LXXV, number 10, Chicago, Ill.: Tribune...
    Synonyms:
    hen, henfish, spawner

Examples of fishess in a sentence

  • Ye gods and goddesses and little fishesses!1913 March 5, Mae Tinee [pseudonym; Frances Peck Grover], “Right off the Reel: A Day in a Studio with Billie Burke”, in The Chicago Sunday...
  • I don’t suppose you ever heard of the clam-oyster war. […] I was just a sardine then, but I have often heard the old fishes and fishesses talk about it.1913 May 17, Donald P. MacGregor, “Facts About Fish”, in The Notre Dame Scholastic, volume XLVI, number 32, Notre Dame, Ind.: University of...

Synonyms of fishess

Forms of fishess

pluralfishesses

Origin of fishess

From fish + -ess.

Questions about fishess

What does fishess mean?
Fishess means a female fish.
How do you use fishess in a sentence?
Ye gods and goddesses and little fishesses!
What part of speech is fishess?
Fishess is a noun.
What is the plural of fishess?
The plural of fishess is fishesses.

Words near fishess in the dictionary

  1. fishes or cuts bait
  2. fishes out
  3. fishes out of water
  4. fishes to fry
  5. fishes up
  6. fishess
  7. fishesses
  8. fishest
  9. fishet
  10. fishetarian
  11. fishetarians

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