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royal fish

royal fish noun: any fish that, when taken, immediately becomes the personal property of the monarch by royal prerogative, as in the United Kingdom and formerly the Kingdom of France.

Noun

royal fish (plural royal fishes or royal fish)

  1. Any fish that, when taken, immediately becomes the personal property of the monarch by royal prerogative, as in the United Kingdom and formerly the Kingdom of France.
    • Whales and sturgeons are royal fish.
    • In the 1681 ordinance on maritime commerce (book V, title 7), dolphin, sturgeon, salmon, and trout are called royal fishes.2015, The Origins of Corporations: The Mills of Toulouse in the Middle Ages, page 343

Forms of royal fish

pluralroyal fishes
pluralroyal fish

Questions about royal fish

What does royal fish mean?
Royal fish means any fish that, when taken, immediately becomes the personal property of the monarch by royal prerogative, as in the United Kingdom and formerly the Kingdom of France.
What part of speech is royal fish?
Royal fish is a noun.
What is the plural of royal fish?
The plural of royal fish is royal fishes.

Words near royal fish in the dictionary

  1. royal ducks
  2. royal families
  3. royal family
  4. royal fern
  5. royal ferns
  6. royal fish
  7. royal fishes
  8. royal flush
  9. royal flushes
  10. royal flycatcher
  11. royal flycatchers

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