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fishie

fishie is the diminutive of fish; alternative spelling of fish.

Meaning of fish

Noun

fish (countable and uncountable, plural fish or fishes)

  1. (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
    • Salmon is a fish.
  2. Any vertebrate, including tetrapods.
  3. (archaic, broadly) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
    • The whale, the limpet, the tortoise and the oyster… as men have been willing to give them all the name of fishes, it is wisest for us to conform.1774, Oliver Goldsmith, History of the Earth and Animated Nature, volume IV
    1. (archaic, broadly) Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).
  4. (Newfoundland) Cod; codfish.
  5. (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
    • The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.

See all 33 meanings of fish

Forms of fishie

pluralfishies
alternative formfishy

Origin of fishie

From fish + -ie.

Questions about fishie

What is fishie the diminutive of fish; alternative spelling of?
Fishie is the diminutive of fish; alternative spelling of fish.

Words near fishie in the dictionary

  1. fishhooked
  2. fishhooking
  3. fishhooks
  4. fishhouse
  5. fishhouses
  6. fishie
  7. fishier
  8. fishies
  9. fishiest
  10. fishified
  11. fishifies

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