fishbone

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fishbone

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From fish + bone.

noun fishbones

  1. A bone from a fish. He choked on a fishbone.
  2. attributive, figuratively Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton. a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass

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noun bone of a fish

Españolespina, espina del pescado
中文魚骨 /鱼骨 yúgǔ, 魚刺 /鱼刺 yúcì
Portuguêsespinha, espinha de peixe
Françaisarête, arête de poisson
DeutschGräte, Fischgräte
Italianolisca, lisca di pesce, spina, spina di pesce
Ελληνικάψαροκόκαλο psarokókalo
Românăos de pește
Русскийры́бья кость rýbʹja kostʹ, косточка kostočka
Tiếng Việtxương cá
עבריתאִדְרָה idrá

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@misc{fishbone_2026,
  title = {fishbone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fishbone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}