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<A NAME="fishbellied">
<B>fish-bellied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shaped like the belly of a fish; swelling downward. </DL>
<A NAME="fishbolt">
<B>fishbolt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bolt used to secure a fishplate. </DL>
<A NAME="fishbone">
<B>fishbone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bone or the skeleton of a fish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishbowl">
<B>fishbowl, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a glass bowl for keeping and displaying live fish. <DD><B> 2. </B>anything resembling a fishbowl. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. "Can't conduct diplomacy in a fishbowl," the Secretary said (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fishcake">
<B>fish cake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> shredded cooked fish and mashed potatoes, shaped into a cake and fried. </DL>
<A NAME="fishcrow">
<B>fish crow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shellfish-eating crow of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal region of the United States, slightly smaller than the common crow. </DL>
<A NAME="fishculture">
<B>fish culture,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the artificial breeding of fish; pisciculture. </DL>
<A NAME="fishday">
<B>fish day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a day on which fish is eaten customarily, or in observance of religious regulations forbidding the eating of meat. </DL>
<B>fisher, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a slender mammal like a weasel but larger, living in forested regions of Canada and northern United States. It belongs to the same family as the weasel. <DD><B> b. </B>its dark-brown fur. <DD><B> 2. </B>an animal that catches fish for food. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) a fisherman (def. 1). <BR> <I>Ex. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men (Matthew 4:19).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fisherfolk">
<B>fisherfolk, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> people who earn their livelihood by fishing. </DL>
<A NAME="fisherman">
<B>fisherman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a man who fishes, especially one who makes his living by catching fish. <BR> <I>Ex. Each day the fishermen climb into their boats to fish the sea, and each night they return.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a ship used for fishing. </DL>
<A NAME="fishermansbend">
<B>fisherman's bend,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of knot tied in a rope, especially to secure it to a link of cable, anchor, or fishhook; anchor bend. </DL>
<A NAME="fishermansring">
<B>fisherman's ring,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Pope's ring, bearing his name and a picture of Saint Peter in a boat, used as a signet for papal documents. </DL>
<A NAME="fisherspider">
<B>fisher spider,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spider with a large body and long, thin legs that lives near water and hunts water insects, small fish, and tadpoles. Because of its light weight, it can walk on the water without sinking. </DL>
<A NAME="fishery">
<B>fishery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place for breeding fish, especially a government-operated fish-culture station. <BR> <I>Ex. At the fishery we saw long trays of fish eggs under water that will turn into trout.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a place for catching fish, especially commercially; fishing ground. <BR> <I>Ex. The birds watch for the boats returning with their catch from the fishery.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the occupation of catching fish or of taking other products of the sea or streams from the water. <DD><B> 4. </B>the legal right or the license to fish in certain waters in a certain way; piscary. </DL>
<A NAME="fishes">
<B>Fishes, </B>noun pl. <B>=Pisces.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fisheye">
<B>fisheye, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a fishy glance; look of suspicion. </DL>
<A NAME="fisheye">
<B>fish-eye, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Photography.) <DD><B> 1. </B>covering a very wide angle of view, usually approaching 180 degrees, and curving outward so that a distorted image is created. <DD><B> 2. </B>using or made with a fish-eye lens. <BR> <I>Ex. The 160 degrees "fish-eye" cameras were synchronized to less than a tenth of a second for each pair of eight-second exposures (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fishfarm">
<B>fish farm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pond or irrigated tract in which fish are stocked and grown to be sold commercially. </DL>
<A NAME="fishfarmer">
<B>fish farmer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who owns a fish farm. </DL>
<A NAME="fishfarming">
<B>fish farming,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the stocking and growing of fish on a fish farm. </DL>
<A NAME="fishfinger">
<B>fish finger,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) fish stick. </DL>
<A NAME="fishflour">
<B>fish flour,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flour obtained by pulverizing the dried bodies of fish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishfork">
<B>fish fork,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pitchfork with a short handle and two or three tines, used in pitching fish into or out of a boat. </DL>
<A NAME="fishfry">
<B>fish fry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a picnic at which fried fish is the main dish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishgarth">
<B>fishgarth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a garth or weir on a river or on the seashore for the taking and retaining of fish; fishweir. </DL>
<A NAME="fishguano">
<B>fish guano,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a manure or fertilizer made from the dried bodies of fish; fish manure. </DL>
<A NAME="fishhatchery">
<B>fish hatchery,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hatchery for fish raised to stock lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, and reservoirs. </DL>
<A NAME="fishhawk">
<B>fish hawk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large bird that feeds on fish; osprey. </DL>
<A NAME="fishhook">
<B>fishhook, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hook used for catching fish. Most fishhooks are barbed near the point so that the fish cannot easily slip off the hook. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Nautical.) a large metal hook forming part of a pendant at the lower end of a fish tackle, used in hoisting an anchor to the gunwale of a vessel. </DL>
<A NAME="fishhookcactus">
<B>fishhook cactus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cactus of the southwestern United States and Mexico, with hooked spines and white and rose flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="fishify">
<B>fishify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to change to fish. <BR> <I>Ex. O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to supply with fish. <BR> <I>Ex. In about a week the Round Pond will be full, as well as fishified, and Kensington Gardens will have its focal point again (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fishing">
<B>fishing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the catching of fish for a living or for pleasure. <DD><B> 2. </B>a place or facilities for catching fish; fishing ground; fishery. </DL>
<A NAME="fishingbanks">
<B>fishing banks,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fishing ground of comparatively shallow water in the sea. </DL>
<A NAME="fishingcat">
<B>fishing cat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a semiaquatic spotted cat resembling the civet that lives in marshes, where it catches fish with its paws. It ranges from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) through India to China and is considered extremely fierce. </DL>
<A NAME="fishingeagle">
<B>fishing eagle,</B> <B>=osprey.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fishingexpedition">
<B>fishing expedition,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) any official investigation conducted without clearly defined objectives or guidelines. </DL>
<A NAME="fishingfloat">
<B>fishing float,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a raft or scow with a small house on it, designed to be floated and anchored wherever desired, for use in fishing with a seine. </DL>
<A NAME="fishingground">
<B>fishing ground,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place where fish are plentiful. </DL>
<A NAME="fishingrod">
<B>fishing rod,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a long, light, slender pole with a line and hook attached to it, and often having a reel, used in catching fish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishingtackle">
<B>fishing tackle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> rods, lines, hooks, and other equipment used in catching fish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishjoint">
<B>fish joint,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a joint formed by bolting a fishplate across a butt-joint. </DL>
<A NAME="fishladder">
<B>fish ladder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an arrangement of successive ascending pools enabling fish to pass over a fall or dam on their way to spawning grounds upstream; fishway. </DL>
<A NAME="fishline">
<B>fish line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cord used with a fishhook for catching fish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishlouse">
<B>fish louse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small crustaceans that are parasitic on the surface of fish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishmanure">
<B>fish manure,</B> <B>=fish guano.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fishmaw">
<B>fish maw,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the air bladder of a fish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishmeal">
<B>fish meal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mealy substance obtained by pulverizing the dried bodies of fish not usable as food for humans, and also the heads and entrails of food fish. Fish meal is used as fertilizer or as an ingredient of feed for poultry and stock. </DL>
<A NAME="fishmonger">
<B>fishmonger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dealer in fish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishnet">
<B>fishnet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a net for catching fish. <DD><B> 2. </B>a meshed fabric that resembles netting, used especially for women's beachwear and stockings. </DL>
<A NAME="fishoil">
<B>fish oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> oil obtained from fish and other marine animals. </DL>
<A NAME="fishplate">
<B>fishplate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plate used to fasten two rails or beams together end to end. </DL>
<A NAME="fishpoison">
<B>fish poison,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a large number of plants having the property of killing or stupefying fish in water. </DL>
<A NAME="fishpole">
<B>fish pole,</B> <B>=fishing rod.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fishpomace">
<B>fish pomace,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the refuse of fish, such as menhaden, after the oil has been pressed out, used as a fertilizer; fish scrap. </DL>
<A NAME="fishpond">
<B>fishpond, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pond containing fish, especially one in which fish are stocked to be sold commercially. </DL>
<A NAME="fishpot">
<B>fishpot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pot or trap for catching fish, crabs, lobsters, or crayfish. </DL>
<A NAME="fishproteinconcentrate">
<B>fish protein concentrate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tasteless, odorless, durable fish flour made by pulverizing dried whole hake and similar species, used as food or as a dietary supplement. (Abbr:) FPC (no periods). </DL>
<A NAME="fishscrap">
<B>fish scrap,</B> <B>=fish pomace.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fishskindisease">
<B>fishskin disease, =ichthyosis.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fishslice">
<B>fish slice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an implement for turning fish in the pan. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Especially British.) a knife for carving fish at the table. </DL>
