fishless
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a word derived from
fish.
fishnounany of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
Example Sentences
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Since then, I’ve never been fishless for more than a few hours.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
Impossible Foods, a dominant force in the alternative protein industry, has been developing a fishless fish project for years.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
A lot of these lakes historically were fishless.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2021
And most importantly for Franny Stone, waves crash over fishless seas and Arctic terns, deprived of the aquatic plenitude that fuels their 25,000-mile annual journeys, are on what may be their last migration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2020
They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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