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fishet

fishet noun: a young or small fish.

Noun

fishet (plural fishets)

  1. (archaic, rare) A young or small fish.
    • When they remembered how they came to be partakers of the banquet last year, they must have felt very unsafe until the little crisp fishets were crunched between their teeth.1867 August 24, “Town Talk”, in Fun, volume the fifth (new series), London: […] J. Alder, →OCLC, page 248, column 1
    • […] fishets that come through the pump, every morning, thick as motelings […]1874, Thomas Hood, Whims and Oddities: In Prose and Verse, page 107
    Synonyms:
    fishling, fishlet

Synonyms of fishet

Forms of fishet

pluralfishets

Origin of fishet

From fish + -et.

Questions about fishet

What does fishet mean?
Fishet means a young or small fish.
What part of speech is fishet?
Fishet is a noun.
What is the plural of fishet?
The plural of fishet is fishets.

Words near fishet in the dictionary

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

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