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fishling

fishling noun: a small or young fish; fry.

Noun

fishling (plural fishlings)

  1. A small or young fish; fry.
    • […] said an older woman, bending over her, "hush, little fishling! Ichuk, my son, is dead, but we will get thee another man."1898, The Yale literary magazine
    • My fingers moved subtly, and now Fiacha was a tiny raven no bigger than a bee, a little speck of darkness that spun out of the fixing charm as easily as a fishling escapes the herring net, […]2008, Juliet Marillier, Child of the Prophecy

Forms of fishling

pluralfishlings

Origin of fishling

From fish + -ling.

Questions about fishling

What does fishling mean?
Fishling means a small or young fish; fry.
What part of speech is fishling?
Fishling is a noun.
What is the plural of fishling?
The plural of fishling is fishlings.

Words near fishling in the dictionary

  1. fishlice
  2. fishlife
  3. fishlike
  4. fishline
  5. fishlines
  6. fishling
  7. fishlings
  8. fishlining
  9. Fishlock
  10. Fishlocks
  11. fishlore

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