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squirrel fish

squirrel fish noun: a Chinese dish of mandarin fish deboned and carved into an ornamental shape similar to a squirrel, then deep-fried in batter and doused in sweet and sour sauce. Also the alternative form of squirrelfish.

squirrel fish: a Chinese dish of mandarin fish deboned and carved into an ornamental shape similar to a squirrel,...
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Noun

squirrel fish (countable and uncountable, plural squirrel fishes)

  1. A Chinese dish of mandarin fish deboned and carved into an ornamental shape similar to a squirrel, then deep-fried in batter and doused in sweet and sour sauce.

Also used as

squirrel fish is also the alternative form of squirrelfish.

Forms of squirrel fish

pluralsquirrel fishes

Questions about squirrel fish

What does squirrel fish mean?
Squirrel fish means a Chinese dish of mandarin fish deboned and carved into an ornamental shape similar to a squirrel, then deep-fried in batter and doused in sweet and sour sauce.
What part of speech is squirrel fish?
Squirrel fish is a noun.
What is the plural of squirrel fish?
The plural of squirrel fish is squirrel fishes.

Words near squirrel fish in the dictionary

  1. squirrel around
  2. squirrel away
  3. squirrel cage
  4. squirrel cages
  5. squirrel corn
  6. squirrel fish
  7. squirrel friend
  8. squirrel friends
  9. squirrel frog
  10. squirrel frogs
  11. squirrel glider

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