fallfish

[fawl-fish]

noun

plural

fallfishes ,

plural

fallfish .

1. a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.

fallfish

/ ˈfɔːlˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. a large North American freshwater cyprinid fish, Semotilus corporalis , resembling the chub

Word History and Origins

Origin of fallfish¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; fall + fish

Example Sentences

They come at you as a massive crowd, which, in my case, would consist of ants, mosquitoes, yellow jackets, houseflies, fruit flies, horseflies, spiders, centipedes, cockroaches, moles, mice, shrews, snakes, trout, catfish, sand sharks, walleyes, wasps, rabbits, ticks, lampreys, leeches, ladybugs, beetles, centrarchids, annelids, American shad, Atlantic salmon, honeybees, hornets, Arctic char, Pacific salmon, pike, pickerel, porcupines, caterpillars, butterflies, bluefish, moths, mullet, perch, suckers, fallfish, and bats, not to mention road-killed squirrels, raccoons, pheasants, and deer.

From The New Yorker

They are: lake trout, chain pickerel, yellow perch, fallfish and white sucker.

From Washington Times