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fishfall

fishfall noun: a kind of tackle on a davit.

Noun

fishfall (plural fishfalls)

  1. A kind of tackle on a davit.
  2. An unexplained occurrence of fishes falling from the sky.
    • […] a fishfall. Falling fish have hit people in the face, fallen down their collars, splattered on their windshields, clogged the gutters of their houses, […]2008, Larry Dossey, Healing Beyond The Body

Forms of fishfall

pluralfishfalls

Origin of fishfall

fish + fall

Questions about fishfall

What does fishfall mean?
Fishfall means a kind of tackle on a davit.
What part of speech is fishfall?
Fishfall is a noun.
What is the plural of fishfall?
The plural of fishfall is fishfalls.

Words near fishfall in the dictionary

  1. fisheyed
  2. fisheyeing
  3. fisheyes
  4. fishfag
  5. fishfags
  6. fishfall
  7. fishfalls
  8. fishfeed
  9. fishfinder
  10. fishfinders
  11. fishfinding

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