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fishkills

fishkills is the plural of fishkill.

Meaning of fishkill

Noun

fishkill (plural fishkills)

  1. An environmental event in which fish are killed.
    • Fishkills, with some exceptions, result from low dissolved oxygen conditions accompanying the decomposition of organic materials[…]1978, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 650/3, volume 3, page 11

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Questions about fishkills

What is fishkills the plural of?
Fishkills is the plural of fishkill.

Words near fishkills in the dictionary

  1. fishkeepers
  2. fishkeeping
  3. fishkettle
  4. fishkettles
  5. fishkill
  6. fishkills
  7. Fishkin
  8. fishkind
  9. Fishkinds
  10. Fishkins
  11. Fishlake

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