Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A silvery freshwater cyprinid fish (Semotilus corporalis) of eastern North America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cyprinoid fish, Semotilus bullaris, having an elongate robust body, the dorsal fin just behind the ventrals, and of a steel-blue color above and generally silvery on the sides and belly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fresh-water fish of the United States (
Semotilus bullaris ); -- called alsosilver chub , andShiner . The name is also applied to other allied species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small silvery
freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) found in North America.
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Examples
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Yes | No | Report from tourneyking734 wrote 2 weeks 6 days ago my resolution is to catch a record-weight fallfish or brook trout, whether line class or not. also I would like to catch a muskie, making it so that i have caught all warmwater species in maine
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Yes | No | Report from tourneyking734 wrote 2 weeks 6 days ago my resolution is to catch a record-weight fallfish or brook trout, whether line class or not. also I would like to catch a muskie, making it so that i have caught all warmwater species in maine
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Q: what is the weirdest fish you caught and where did you catch it (our weird fish in maine is the fallfish)?
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I had a few small fallfish nip at it before missing a good strike.
RutlandHerald.com 2008
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Before leaving, I hooked into and fought a robust, 13-inch fallfish and a young smallmouth bass.
RutlandHerald.com 2008
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Still, there were lots of fallfish hitting the surface, as well as what appeared to be some good-sized trout.
RutlandHerald.com 2008
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One thing I noticed was that while the browns were quite active, I really hadn't seen much surface activity outside of the fallfish grabbing their breakfast on the tricos downstream.
RutlandHerald.com 2008
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The bass was a nice surprise, but the fallfish was a real treat.
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I saw tricos in the air, pushed up against the far bank by a strong wind and fallfish were feeding on them.
RutlandHerald.com 2008
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The bass was a nice surprise, but the fallfish was a real treat.
RutlandHerald.com 2008
fbharjo commented on the word fallfish
a floater
September 21, 2009