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food fish

noun

  1. any fish used for food by human beings.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of food fish1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

At Pensacola they reach a length of twenty to thirty inches, and are considered good food fish.

Surmullet, sur-mul′et, n. a mulloid food-fish of the genus Mullus, with two long barbels on the throat.

As a food-fish there is, in my estimation, but one fresh-water fish that is better, the whitefish of the Great Lakes.

France, Russia, and the Netherlands, where it is greatly esteemed both as a game-fish and food-fish.

In waters where it coexists with the small-mouth bass there is no difference in their excellence as food-fish.

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