Definitions

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  • noun A small or young fish; fry.

Etymologies

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From fish +‎ -ling.

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Examples

  • To these and to many another delectable fishling, would I introduce the poor fellow; and to him and his fellows I fain would offer a dozen apiece of Smith Island oysters on the half shell.

    Europe Revised 1910

  • "Ah, my golden fishling, why are you not here now?

    Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen Alexander Chodzko 1847

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