fish knife

American  

noun

1. a small knife with a spatulalike blade, used with a fork in cutting fish at table.

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Etymology

Origin of fish knife

1375–1425; late Middle English fishknif

Example Sentences

At one of them, Cornelius Carrington, from the Freedom Fish House. fillets a kingfish with the speed and dexterity of a man who has spent many years with a fish knife in his hands.

From BBC

Fish, for example, if there are no fish knives.

From Washington Post

‘Pick up the fish knife and fish fork.’

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. Blanchard, whose passions are archaeology and baking, used chopsticks, a fish knife and a gingerbread recipe that came packaged with a Coliseum-shaped cookie-cutter she once bought.

From New York Times

In the second half of the sentence, the museum twisted the fish knife again: not only were her clothes dowdy, they weren’t even nicely made.

From The New Yorker