fishes

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fishes^¹

/ˈfɪʃɪz/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪʃɪz

noun

universal multiple kinds of fish Coral bleaching threatens to disrupt the population equilibria of the reef’s fishes.
multiple individual fish I caught six fishes today!

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of fish He’s on Klamath Lake; he often fishes from that lake.

Fishes^²

proper noun

The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces. An Arabic constellation placed instead of the Piscis Australis, because the swallow arrives in Arabia about the time of the heliacal rising of the Fishes.
Similar: Fish
plural plural of Fish

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gull, sucker, shlemiel, mark, chump, schlemiel, fool, angle, soft touch, fall guy, mug, go fish, patsy, finfish, shellfish, trout

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@misc{fishes_2026,
  title = {fishes},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fishes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}