fingerling

[ fing-ger-ling ]

/ ˈfɪŋ gər lɪŋ /

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noun

a young or small fish, especially a very small salmon or trout.

something very small.

adjective

small and elongated; shaped like a finger: fingerling potato;fingerling carrots.

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Origin of fingerling

First recorded in 1400–50, and in 1825–30 for def. 2; late Middle English: literally, “covering for a finger, fingerstall”; see origin at finger, -ling¹

Words nearby fingerling

finger grass, finger hole, fingering, finger in the pie, have a, Finger Lakes, fingerling, finger man, finger mark, fingernail, finger paint, finger painting

How to use fingerling in a sentence

Every three months he buys a thousand catfish fingerlings for $47.
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The fingerling rose, with a jerk, from the water, and was no more seen.
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There were infant big-mouthed bass in the lake and fingerling trout in many of the streams.
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Once, near the other side, he saw a misguided fingerling dart from under a stone in the shallow water and seize the gay morsel.
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British Dictionary definitions for fingerling

fingerling

/ (ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ) /

noun

a very young fish, esp the parr of salmon or trout

a diminutive creature or object

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