food fish

noun

1. any fish used for food by human beings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of food fish¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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