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fallfish

[ fawl-fish ]

noun

, plural fall·fish·es, (especially collectively) fall·fish.
  1. a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.


fallfish

/ ˈfɔːlˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. a large North American freshwater cyprinid fish, Semotilus corporalis , resembling the chub
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fallfish1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; fall + fish
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Example Sentences

They come at you as a massive crowd, which, in my case, would consist of ants, mosquitoes, yellow jackets, houseflies, fruit flies, horseflies, spiders, centipedes, cockroaches, moles, mice, shrews, snakes, trout, catfish, sand sharks, walleyes, wasps, rabbits, ticks, lampreys, leeches, ladybugs, beetles, centrarchids, annelids, American shad, Atlantic salmon, honeybees, hornets, Arctic char, Pacific salmon, pike, pickerel, porcupines, caterpillars, butterflies, bluefish, moths, mullet, perch, suckers, fallfish, and bats, not to mention road-killed squirrels, raccoons, pheasants, and deer.

They are: lake trout, chain pickerel, yellow perch, fallfish and white sucker.

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