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unfishy

unfishy adjective: not fishy. (not of, from or similar to fish).

Adjective

unfishy (not comparable)

  1. Not fishy. (not of, from or similar to fish)
    • Melody (a mermaid): If I don't, I'll turn back into... […] a human.
      Tip (a penguin): I knew there was something unfishy about you!2000, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
    • A fish can change in evolutionary time to whatever unfishy shape is required for its way of life.2005, Richard Dawkins, Yan Wong, The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

Origin of unfishy

From un- + fishy.

Words formed from unfishy

Questions about unfishy

What does unfishy mean?
Unfishy means not fishy. (not of, from or similar to fish).
What part of speech is unfishy?
Unfishy is an adjective.

Words near unfishy in the dictionary

  1. unfirmness
  2. unfishable
  3. unfished
  4. unfishiness
  5. unfishlike
  6. unfishy
  7. unfissile
  8. unfissionable
  9. unfissioned
  10. unfissured
  11. unfist

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