Applied to the ‘great fish’ which swallowed Jonah (Jonah i. 17).

A kind of fish.

Perhaps: a sprat or other similar small fish.

Apparently some species of fish or shellfish. Obsolete.

a young or small cod; cf. codling, n.1 1.

Originally: any of numerous fishes of a silvery colour, esp. one without spots or ornamental colours (now rare except in sense 3). In later use…

Some kind of fish. Obsolete.

A fish: cf. bret, n.

Some kind of sea-fish.

Any of certain fishes: spec. = razor-fish, n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

A kind of fish; ? a porpoise.

A marine fish with yellow or golden colour on the head, perhaps the gilthead bream (Sparus aurata) or a wrasse (as Symphodus melops or S. tinca).

A small fish (see quots.).

Any of several fishes: spec. = maid, n.1 8, maiden-skate n. at compounds 1b, (U.S.) the scup, Stenotomus chrysops. Now regional.

Some kind of fish.

Any of several small salmonid fishes, esp. a gwyniad or other fish of the genus Coregonus (cf. whitefish, n. 3) or a sea trout. Cf. whitling, n. Now…

A garfish. Cf. sea-needle n. at sea, n. compounds 6d, needlefish, n. Obsolete. rare.

any of various long, slender, edible fishes, as a ling, pipefish, or sand eel.

Any of various fishes of a yellowish colour. Obsolete.

More fully puffin fish. The thornback ray, Raja clavata. Obsolete.

A kind of fish (not identified).

Some kind of fish. ? A shark. Obsolete. rare.

Any of various fishes with black tails. The saddled sea bream, Oblada melanura (family Sparidae), of the Mediterranean. historical (now rare).

A kind of fish mentioned by ancient writers.

? a kind of thornback.

A fish mentioned by Pliny. Obsolete. rare.

Some kind of fish. Obsolete. rare.

A fish mentioned by Pliny. Obsolete.

A kind of fish.

A kind of marine fish, in later use identified with a young sea bream.

= whale's guide n.

Some kind of fish. Obsolete.

A name given to various fishes; particularly to: (a) the Anarrhicas or Wolf-fish; (b) several species of Pimelodus, North American freshwater fish…

A fish (not identified). Obsolete. rare.

small fish.

Some kind of fish. Cf. sharpling, n. Obsolete.

A kind of fish (not identified).

A kind of marine fish (not identified). Obsolete. rare.

A kind of sea fish (not identified).

a manatee (cf. cow-fish, n. 1).

Applied to various fishes. = ellops, n. 2. Obsolete.

An animal that croaks; applied spec. to several North American fishes, also to the Mole Cricket.

A freshwater fish (not identified), perhaps a young trout or salmon.

A kind of small flatfish.

= pintle-fish n. at pintle, n. compounds.

= pintle-fish n. at pintle, n. compounds. Obsolete.

(see quots. and dart, n. 5).

= sea-dart n.

In extended use: a dark or black type of animal or plant; (also) a black colour. Obsolete.

A parrotfish, esp. a wrasse.

some bluish fish.

? = the glaucus of Pliny.

†(a) some fish supposed to resemble a skull; (b) a whalebone whale above two years of age.

the animal called by Pliny musculus piscis (cf. note s.v. mysticete, n.1).

A West-Indian fish; = barracuda, n.

A large and voracious fish (Sphyræna barracuda) of the Perch family, from six to ten feet in length, found in the seas of the West Indies. Also, a…

(see quot. 1681).

see quot.

Applied to various animals having a forked tail. Some kind of fish: see quot. 1683. Obsolete.

Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, found in Brazilian rivers and valued for food.

a small green and yellow fish of the Indian Ocean (of uncertain identity: perhaps a dragonet) which can protrude and retract its eyes.

a South African fish.

(a) the babiroussa (see hog, n.1 2); †(b) a kind of fish with a horn on its head (obsolete).

transferred. Used as a name for various animals, fishes, etc. A Brazilian fish, of which the native name is camboatá. Obsolete.

Used to translate Greek κορακῖνος, a black river-fish. Obsolete.

Some kind of fish.

Used as a name for various fishes making a grunting noise; cf. grunt, n. 3.

A kind of fish.

A fish of the African seas.

Any of various fishes (often ones which are spiny or considered too bony to eat); (in later use) spec. Albula vulpes (family Albulidae), a fish…

a black form of sea perch.

a sturgeon or other fish from which isinglass is obtained.

Now usually in full orbfish. Any of various fishes with a spherical or circular body, esp. †(a) a globefish (obsolete); (b) an Indian Ocean…

Some kind of fish.

Applied to various other small fishes, in the south of England frequently to the atherine or sand-smelt.

An animal that is active at night. Now rare.

a person, god, fish, etc., regarded as presiding over the water as or like a monarch; spec. (a) the god Neptune; (b) a large or powerful fish.

Any of various fishes having a hard head. U.S. regional. Any of several fishes, esp.: (a) the Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (also more fully…

a brightly coloured fish (not identified).

The gillbacker sea catfish, Sciades parkeri (family Ariidae), which has bright yellow coloration on the upper parts of the body, found in estuaries…

A large African fish. Obsolete. rare.

Any of various fishes, birds, and other animals having a bluish back; esp. a river herring or shad of eastern North America, Alosa aestivalis, (in…

= stompneus, n.

Something broad and thin. In various uses (see quots.).

Any of various marine fishes thought to resemble butter in some way, as in having slippery… Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Any of several…

Any of several North American freshwater fishes (see quot. 1889). Cf. crappie, n.

Some small fish.

A silt-snapper (see compounds 2).

a Jamaican fish (cf. 3).

An imaginary fish having no brains. Obsolete.

As a name for various animals and plants. Caribbean. (See quot. 1883.)

Chiefly North American. A fish with an arched back; esp. the humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha. Now rare.

spec. As a fish-name. The hopping-fish of Australia.

dialect. Fish of other kinds taken when fishing for herring or pilchards (Eng. Dial. Dict.); a sum of money accruing to a member of the crew as his…