fishes

fishes

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fĭʹshĭz, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃɪz/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃɪz

Noun

fishes

1. plural of fish
   1. (universal) multiple kinds of fish

      Coral bleaching threatens to disrupt the population equilibria of the reef’s fishes.

   2. (usually nonstandard or archaic) multiple individual fish

      I caught six fishes today!

Verb

fishes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fish

   He’s on Klamath Lake; he often fishes from that lake.