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.
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The snails were seen feeding on diatoms, microscopic algae that grow on rock surfaces, and they also consumed fish food supplied by the researchers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
Fishers found they could throw pebbles – resembling the farm’s fish food – in the water and round them up, Julius said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
On a pole beside the pool was a vending machine that, for a dime, dispensed small packets of fish food for tourists to feed the lunkers.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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