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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The waste product usually goes into fish food.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024
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
Then its researchers dropped in cotton balls soaked in various ingredients, ranging from mashed-up worms to compounds from known fish food, and watched what the fish went for.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2022
Amyris and Solazyme at different points pursued industrial lubricants, rubber replacements, plastic additives, food additives, nutritional supplements, and fish food.
From Slate • Jan. 11, 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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