food fish
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of food fish
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The cost of food, fish oil and veterinary care for her two golden retrievers, Chloe and Dr. Bogart Jones, keeps rising.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
It was an important link in the delta food chain, and valued as a food fish by local residents at least through the 1920s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025
The bugs are processed into powders and oils used in pet food, fish and farm feeds, and textured tofulike “meats” for human consumption.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 2, 2022
“They were a very important food fish, and a very important fish for the economy of the river.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2021
In Rhodesia, for example, the young of an important food fish, the Kafue bream, are killed by exposure to only 0.04 parts per million of DDT in shallow pools.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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