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fallfish
[ fawl-fish ]
/ ˈfɔlˌfɪʃ /
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noun, plural fall·fish·es, (especially collectively) fall·fish.
a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.
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How to use fallfish in a sentence
An example of this is the little red "fallfish," found only in the mountain tributaries of the Savannah and the Tennessee.
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British Dictionary definitions for fallfish
fallfish
/ (ˈfɔːlˌfɪʃ) /
noun plural -fish or -fishes
a large North American freshwater cyprinid fish, Semotilus corporalis, resembling the chub
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