Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A five-year-old salmon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
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Various theories identify the maiden as Amymone, one of the 50 daughters of Danaus, kidnapped by Poseidon; or Perimele, a nymph rescued from drowning by Poseidon; or Scylla, courted by the sea god Glaucus, half-man and half-fish.
Masterful Engravers Judy Fayard 2011
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A modern and strange Japanese folktale about a half-fish, half-boy character.
The Adventures of Yutaro « The Museum Of Modern Fiction 2008
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This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph. D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus.
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Causing a boom in tourism in the town of Kiryat Yam near Haifa, people are flocking to the shores after world media reports say the half-human half-fish mermaid likes to frolic in the sea.
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If someone were to discover one of these half-fish/half-mammals (with a snout and whiskers and everything) would that convince you that evolutions is at work?
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Look, if that half-man/half-fish thing statue was so great, give it a call ...
I hate people Andrew Beckner 2007
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Look, if that half-man/half-fish thing statue was so great, give it a call ...
Archive 2007-05-01 Andrew Beckner 2007
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"Fishapod" half-fish, half-tetrapod limb bones and joints, including a functional wrist joint and radiating, fish-like fins instead of toes, half-fish, half-tetrapod ear region
Supporting Atheists As Anti-Oppression Work Steve Caldwell 2008
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And Jasmine doesn't have a dress, so she gets nixed - though, honestly, why the half-fish girl?
My Youngest Wreckporter Jen 2008
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D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus.
fbharjo commented on the word half-fish
What is the other half? ....A penta-going?
August 31, 2011
bilby commented on the word half-fish
Measured using the wrong scales.
August 31, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word half-fish
Sounds a bit fishy to me.
August 31, 2011