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fishfolk

fishfolk noun: fish collectively, especially when treated anthropomorphically as a culture.

Noun

fishfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Fish collectively, especially when treated anthropomorphically as a culture.
    • The Angelfish are now up the river with the other rotten fish—including Barry, Terry and Jerry Cuda, who used to frighten fishfolk on Fourth Street.2000, Jay Carty, Phil Nash, O. Whillikers in the Hall of Champions, Ventura, CA: Gospel Light, →ISBN, page 49

Origin of fishfolk

Compound of fish + folk.

Questions about fishfolk

What does fishfolk mean?
Fishfolk means fish collectively, especially when treated anthropomorphically as a culture.
What part of speech is fishfolk?
Fishfolk is a noun.

Words near fishfolk in the dictionary

  1. fishfinding
  2. fishfinger
  3. fishfingers
  4. fishflies
  5. fishfly
  6. fishfolk
  7. fishfood
  8. fishfoods
  9. fishful
  10. fishgarth
  11. fishgarths

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