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fishsicle

fishsicle noun: a cold or frozen fish.

Noun

fishsicle (plural fishsicles)

  1. (humorous, informal) A cold or frozen fish.
    • This would certainly be a perfect time to replace it [your aquarium's heater] — if something goes wrong you'll either have fishsicles or bouillabaisse.1994, Aquarium Fish Magazine, volume 7, number 3, page 8
    • Fish can swim in the icy waters without turning into fishsicles because many of them make chemicals that keep their blood from freezing.2008, Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, & Laura Silverstein Nunn, Adaptation, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 51

Forms of fishsicle

pluralfishsicles

Origin of fishsicle

From fish + -sicle.

Questions about fishsicle

What does fishsicle mean?
Fishsicle means a cold or frozen fish.
What part of speech is fishsicle?
Fishsicle is a noun.
What is the plural of fishsicle?
The plural of fishsicle is fishsicles.

Words near fishsicle in the dictionary

  1. fishsauces
  2. fishscale
  3. fishscales
  4. fishseller
  5. fishsellers
  6. fishsicle
  7. fishsicles
  8. fishskin
  9. fishskin disease
  10. fishskin diseases
  11. fishskins

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