10-letter words containing fish
- milkfishes — Plural form of milkfish.
- monkfishes — Plural form of monkfish.
- muttonfish — ocean pout.
- needlefish — any fish of the family Belonidae, of warm seas and coastal fresh waters, having a sharp beak and needlelike teeth.
- nettlefish — jellyfish.
- numbfishes — Plural form of numbfish.
- oafishness — The state of being oafish.
- offishness — Quality of being offish.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- parrotfish — 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.
- pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilot-fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- queer fish — strange person
- rabbitfish — a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
- ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
- river fish — a freshwater fish
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- rough fish — any fish that is not valued as a sport fish or considered a significant source of food by sport fishers.
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- shrimpfish — any of several fishes of the family Centriscidae, inhabiting shallow waters from eastern Africa to Hawaii, having a compressed body covered with transparent plates.
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- sniffishly — in a sniffy or disdainful manner
- sport fish — a type of fish that is prized for the sport it gives the angler in its capture rather than for its value as food.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- suckerfish — remora.
- the fishes — the constellation Pisces, the twelfth sign of the zodiac
- threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
- tonguefish — any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point.
- trash fish — a fish traditionally sold only for animal feed or manufactured products.
- white fish — any of several fishes of the family Coregonidae, inhabiting northern waters of North America and Eurasia, similar to the trout but having a smaller mouth and larger scales. Compare lake whitefish, round whitefish.
- wolffishes — Plural form of wolffish.
- zebra fish — any of various fishes with barred, zebralike markings; often, specif., a danio (Danio rerio) that is kept in aquariums and used in genetic research