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12-letter words containing fish

  • anemone fish — any of various damselfishes of the genus Amphiprion, such as A. percula (clown anemone fish), that usually live closely associated with sea anemones
  • archerfishes — Plural form of archerfish.
  • bellows fish — snipefish.
  • blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
  • buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
  • candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
  • cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
  • climbingfish — climbing perch.
  • cutlass fish — any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.
  • damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
  • fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
  • fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
  • fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
  • fish-bellied — (of a beam or rail) having a convex underside.
  • fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
  • fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
  • fisheye lens — a hemispherical plano-convex lens for photographing in a full 180° in all directions in front of the camera, creating a circular image having an increasing amount of distortion from the center to the periphery.
  • fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
  • fishing line — cord used to catch fish
  • fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
  • fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
  • fishing worm — an earthworm.
  • fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
  • flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
  • flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
  • gefilte fish — a forcemeat of boned fish, especially such freshwater fish as carp, pike, or whitefish, blended with eggs, matzo meal, and seasoning, shaped into balls or sticks and simmered in a vegetable broth, and often served chilled.
  • javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
  • jawless fish — cyclostome.
  • lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
  • line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
  • mosquitofish — any of several fishes that feed on mosquito larvae, as Gambusia affinis, found in the southeastern U.S., now introduced into other parts of the world for mosquito control.
  • needlefishes — Plural form of needlefish.
  • rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
  • rainbow fish — guppy.
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
  • scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • shellfishery — the industry and commerce of catching, processing, and selling shellfish; raising shellfish for commercial purposes.
  • sniffishness — the quality or characteristic of being sniffy
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • spin fishing — spinning (def 3).
  • sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
  • squirrelfish — any of several brightly colored, nocturnal fishes of the family Holocentridae, inhabiting shallow waters of tropical reefs, especially the reddish Holocentrus ascensionis of the West Indies, armed with sharp spines and scales.
  • stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
  • walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.

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