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Fish

A counter, used in various games.

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Broader term 7

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Grab 76% connected

A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 14

Alewife 76% connected

A woman who keeps an alehouse.

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Anchovy 76% connected

A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled…

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Eel 76% connected

An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of…

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Fingerling 76% connected

A young salmon. See Parr.

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Haddock 76% connected

A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line an…

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Hake 76% connected

A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

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Mullet 76% connected

Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed…

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Salmon 76% connected

of Salmon

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Scrod 76% connected

Alt. of Scrode

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Shad 76% connected

Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast a…

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Smelt 76% connected

of Smell

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Spawner 76% connected

A mature female fish.

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Stockfish 76% connected

Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted.

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Trout 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fi…

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Manner of action 11

Angle 76% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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Brail 76% connected

A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

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Crab 76% connected

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen i…

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Prawn 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennae. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palaemon,…

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Rail 76% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Scallop 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

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Scollop 76% connected

See Scallop.

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Seine 76% connected

A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought t…

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Shark 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

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Shrimp 76% connected

To contract; to shrink.

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Trawl 76% connected

To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.

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Derivationally related 10

Angle 74% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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Angle 74% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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Fisher 74% connected

One who fishes.

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Fisher 74% connected

One who fishes.

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Fishery 74% connected

The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.

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Fishery 74% connected

The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.

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Fishy 74% connected

Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.

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Fishy 74% connected

Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.

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Component part 3

Fin 70% connected

To carve or cut up, as a chub.

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Milt 70% connected

The spleen.

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Roe 70% connected

A roebuck. See Roebuck.

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Containing group 3

Pisces 70% connected

The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs.

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School 70% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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Shoal 70% connected

A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.

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Synonym 2

Angle 92% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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Pisces 92% connected

The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs.

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