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fishkill¹

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From fish + kill.

noun fishkills

  1. An environmental event in which fish are killed. Fishkills, with some exceptions, result from low dissolved oxygen conditions accompanying the decomposition of organic materials[…]

Fishkill²

Where it comes from

From Dutch Viskil, composed of vis (“fish”) + kil (“creek”), modified or calqued based on the English cognates fish and (Dutch-origin) kill.

proper noun

  1. A town and village therein, in Dutchess County, New York, United States.

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@misc{fishkill_2026,
  title = {fishkill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fishkill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}