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nonfish

nonfish adjective: not fish, or not relating to fish.

Adjective

nonfish (not comparable)

  1. Not fish, or not relating to fish.
    • nonfish meats
    • For the construction of nonfish groups one should, as was done for fishes, start from the species level[.]1996, S. Opitz, Trophic Interaction in Caribbean Coral Reefs

Noun

nonfish (plural nonfishes or nonfish)

  1. That which is not a fish.

Forms of nonfish

pluralnonfishes
pluralnonfish

Origin of nonfish

From non- + fish.

Questions about nonfish

What does nonfish mean?
Nonfish means not fish, or not relating to fish.
What part of speech is nonfish?
Nonfish can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonfish in the dictionary

  1. nonfireproof
  2. nonfiring
  3. nonfirm power
  4. nonfirstorderizability
  5. nonfiscal
  6. nonfish
  7. nonfishable
  8. nonfisherman
  9. nonfishermen
  10. nonfishery
  11. nonfishes

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