Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A five-year-old salmon.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
Examples
“Various theories identify the maiden as Amymone, one of the 50 daughters of Danaus, kidnapped by Poseidon; or Perimele, a nymph rescued from drowning by Poseidon; or Scylla, courted by the sea god Glaucus, half-man and half-fish.”
“A modern and strange Japanese folktale about a half-fish, half-boy character.”
“This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph. D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus.”
“Causing a boom in tourism in the town of Kiryat Yam near Haifa, people are flocking to the shores after world media reports say the half-human half-fish mermaid likes to frolic in the sea.”
“If someone were to discover one of these half-fish/half-mammals (with a snout and whiskers and everything) would that convince you that evolutions is at work?”
“Look, if that half-man/half-fish thing statue was so great, give it a call ...”
“Fishapod" half-fish, half-tetrapod limb bones and joints, including a functional wrist joint and radiating, fish-like fins instead of toes, half-fish, half-tetrapod ear region”
“And Jasmine doesn't have a dress, so she gets nixed - though, honestly, why the half-fish girl?”
“D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus.”
“The world learns that the military has been quietly rounding up other monsters over the years, including the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach (Laurie) and macho half-ape, half-fish the Missing Link (Arnett).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘half-fish’.
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Salmon
All salmon all the time!
Also see asativium's excellent Salmon I am list.salmon, Salmon, Salmon of Knowledge, the Salmon of Lly..., chinook salmon, kipper, spent fish, foul fish, kelts, kelt, shedder, baggit and 70 more...
Tweets
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ruzuzu Sounds a bit fishy to me. Aug 31, 2011
bilby Measured using the wrong scales. Aug 31, 2011
fbharjo What is the other half? ....A penta-going? Aug 31, 2011