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Meaning of fish

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fish
      n 1: any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates
           usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the
           shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a
           tank of colorful fish"
      2: the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten
         raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of
         people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a
         chef who specializes in fish"
      3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
         [syn: {Pisces}, {Fish}]
      4: the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
         about February 19 to March 20 [syn: {Pisces}, {Pisces the
         Fishes}, {Fish}]
      v 1: seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" [syn: {fish},
           {angle}]
      2: catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go
         fishing on weekends"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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