Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A silvery freshwater cyprinid fish (Semotilus corporalis) of eastern North America.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cyprinoid fish, Semotilus bullaris, having an elongate robust body, the dorsal fin just behind the ventrals, and of a steel-blue color above and generally silvery on the sides and belly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A small silvery freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) found in North America.

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Examples

  • Yes | No | Report from tourneyking734 wrote 2 weeks 6 days ago my resolution is to catch a record-weight fallfish or brook trout, whether line class or not. also I would like to catch a muskie, making it so that i have caught all warmwater species in maine

    New Year's Resolution 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from tourneyking734 wrote 2 weeks 6 days ago my resolution is to catch a record-weight fallfish or brook trout, whether line class or not. also I would like to catch a muskie, making it so that i have caught all warmwater species in maine

    New Year's Resolution 2009

  • Q: what is the weirdest fish you caught and where did you catch it (our weird fish in maine is the fallfish)?

    what is the weirdest fish you caught and where did you catch it (our weird fish in maine is the fallfish) ? 2009

  • I had a few small fallfish nip at it before missing a good strike.

    RutlandHerald.com 2008

  • Before leaving, I hooked into and fought a robust, 13-inch fallfish and a young smallmouth bass.

    RutlandHerald.com 2008

  • Still, there were lots of fallfish hitting the surface, as well as what appeared to be some good-sized trout.

    RutlandHerald.com 2008

  • One thing I noticed was that while the browns were quite active, I really hadn't seen much surface activity outside of the fallfish grabbing their breakfast on the tricos downstream.

    RutlandHerald.com 2008

  • The bass was a nice surprise, but the fallfish was a real treat.

    TimesArgus.com: Sports 2008

  • I saw tricos in the air, pushed up against the far bank by a strong wind and fallfish were feeding on them.

    RutlandHerald.com 2008

  • The bass was a nice surprise, but the fallfish was a real treat.

    RutlandHerald.com 2008

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  • a floater

    September 21, 2009