food fish

noun

any fish used for food by human beings.

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of food fish

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby food fish

food chain, food combining, food conversion ratio, food court, food desert, food fish, food for thought, food grain, food group, food insecurity, food mile

Example sentences from the Web for food fish

There is no doubt of the excellency of the bullhead as a food-fish and of its increasing favor with mankind.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan
Though small, it is highly prized as a food-fish, having a delicate and delicious flavor.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others|James Alexander Henshall
In Florida, however, it is very lightly esteemed as a food-fish, and is seldom eaten where other and better fishes are available.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others|James Alexander Henshall
It grows to a length of ten or twelve inches, and is highly esteemed as a food-fish.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others|James Alexander Henshall

As a food-fish it is superior to the native red-throat trout.
Favorite Fish and Fishing|James Alexander Henshall