Meaning & use
fish
A cold-blooded animal that lives in water and breathes through gills.
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They caught three fish in the lake before breakfast this morning.
The aquarium displays hundreds of colorful fish from tropical reefs.
A note on using this word
Fish is usually the same in singular and plural, though fishes appears in scientific writing about several species.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To try to catch fish, or to search for something indirectly.
He likes to fish along the riverbank every Saturday morning before work.
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