fillet
Example Sentences
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A few days later, Naiser headed home to Louisville, Ky., after a stop in Michigan, where he dropped off the fish—49 pounds, 63.5 inches—to be filleted and mounted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Ezra Klein gets filleted on the regular—same with Maureen Dowd.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025
The former president filleted him with cool disdain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
Nita filleted another eel and dropped its carcass into the bucket between them.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
