fish food
Americannoun
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food eaten by or prepared for fish, especially pet fish.
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a corpse in a body of water.
Example Sentences
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If anyone has heard of them, it's probably as a type of fish food available to buy online.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
Inside the passenger cabin, a row of large portholes runs down each side, with small buttons next to them that allow passengers to shoot fish food “torpedoes” at the sea life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2023
It delivers nutrients for algae eaten by insects that become fish food.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022
Putting this spent plastic product to use as fish food — that was some D.I.Y. upcycling.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022
The only time he’d change his course was when Mom dropped a few grains of fish food into his bowl each morning and evening.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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