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sheefish

[ shee-fish ]
/ ˈʃiˌfɪʃ /
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noun, plural shee·fish·es, (especially collectively) shee·fish.

inconnu (def. 2).

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Origin of sheefish

1785–95; shee (< a Subarctic Athabaskan language; compare Eastern Kutchin ṣyuh) + fish

Words nearby sheefish

shed out, shed roof, shed room, shedrow, shed up, sheefish, Sheehan's syndrome, Sheelah, Sheeler, sheen, Sheena
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