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fishesses

fishesses is the plural of fishess.

Meaning of fishess

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]...
    Synonyms:
    hen, henfish, spawner

Questions about fishesses

What is fishesses the plural of?
Fishesses is the plural of fishess.

Words near fishesses in the dictionary

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

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