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Definition of Fallfish
1. n. A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Definition of Fallfish
1. Noun. A small silvery freshwater fish (''Semotilus corporalis'') found in North America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fallfish
1. a freshwater fish [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Fallfish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fallfish
Literary usage of Fallfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"Many anglers who are familiar with the fallfish speak enthusiastically of its
game qualities. The character of the waters in which it lives and the large ..."
2. Classification of the Collection to Illustrate the Animal Resources of the by George Brown Goode (1876)
"'50th species, Anomal fallfish, RUTILUS ANOMALUS, Rutile (p. ... Vulgar names :
Chub, Redfish, fallfish, At Entirely red ; tail forked. ..."
3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"An example of this is the little red " fallfish,"t found only in the mountain
tributaries of the Savannah and the Tennessee. ..."
4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"Some of the most common species of this family are the dace, fallfish, river
chub, creek chub, squaw-fish, and roach. Catfish.—Catfish, of which there are ..."
5. Science Sketches by David Starr Jordan (1887)
"An example of this is the little red “fallfish,” 2 found only in the mountain
tributaries of the Savannah and the Tennessee. ..."
6. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1890)
"fallfish. Silver Chub. Dace. Roach. Dorsal nearly above ventrals; scales nearly
alike over body; no black dorsal spot; twenty-two scales in front of dorsal; ..."
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