# fishes

Pronunciation: say "FISH-iz" /ˈfɪʃɪz/

## Noun

1. Several distinct kinds or species of fish, considered together as a group.
   - Simple: Many different kinds of fish, thought of as separate types.
   - _The coral reef supports hundreds of fishes, from tiny gobies to large groupers._
   - _Biologists catalogued the freshwater fishes of the entire river basin._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of fish. — third-person singular simple present indicative of fish
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of fish. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _He fishes the river below the falls each spring._
   - _The whole village fishes these waters for cod._

## Noun

3. Two or more individual fish, counted as separate creatures rather than as one group. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: More than one fish, counted one at a time.
   - _The fisherman laid out his fishes on the shore to dry in the sun._
   - _She gutted the fishes she had caught before the evening meal._

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