nounWord forms: pluralesp. collectively -fish or esp. referring to two or more kinds or species -fishes
either of two killifishes marked with orange spots, Fundulus catenatus (northern studfish), of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and Ozark Mountains region, or F. stellifer (southern studfish), of the Alabama River
Word origin
[1880–85, Amer.; stud1 + fish]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: highball, irredentist, pari-mutuel, quotation mark, regionalism