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11-letter words containing fish

  • net fishing — Fishing using a net, esp a large commercial drift net
  • overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
  • parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
  • roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
  • selfishness — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
  • singingfish — midshipman (def 3).
  • soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
  • toffishness — the quality or state of being toffish
  • triggerfish — any of various compressed, deep-bodied fishes of the genus Balistes and allied genera, chiefly inhabiting tropical seas, having an anterior dorsal fin with three stout spines: some are edible while others are poisonous.
  • trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
  • unselfishly — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.
  • walfish bay — Walvis Bay.
  • weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
  • werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
  • whitefishes — Plural form of whitefish.
  • wolfishness — The quality of being wolfish.
  • wreckfishes — Plural form of wreckfish.
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