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fish

(f/I//S/ )

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills(noun.animal)

Example:
The shark is a large fish.
In the living room there was a tank of colorful fish.

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the flesh of fish used as food(noun.food)

Example:
In Japan most fish is eaten raw.
After the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat.
They have a chef who specializes in fish.

source: wordnet30
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces(noun.person)

Synonym:
pisces

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the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20(noun.location)

Synonym:
pisces, pisces the fishes

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A counter, used in various games.(noun)

source: webster1913
A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.(noun)

source: webster1913

seek indirectly(verb.contact)

Example:
Fish for compliments.

Synonym:
angle

source: wordnet30
catch or try to catch fish or shellfish(verb.competition)

Example:
I like to go fishing on weekends.

source: wordnet30
To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.(verb)

source: webster1913
To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.(verb)

source: webster1913

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