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| brisling |
a small fish of the northeastern Atlantic; sprat. |
| broth |
water in which meat, fish, grain, or vegetables have been boiled, often used as a base for soup. |
| burbot |
a freshwater fish related to the cod. |
| butterfish |
a flat-bodied fish caught for food along the North American Atlantic coast. |
| carp2 |
a large edible freshwater fish, found or bred in lakes and ponds. [1/2 definitions] |
| catch-and-release |
in fishing, a policy of conservation that requires fish to be released back into the wild after being caught. |
| catfish |
any of several chiefly freshwater fish with large heads, long feelers around the mouth resembling a cat's whiskers, and no scales. |
| chop suey |
a Chinese-American dish of bean sprouts, other vegetables, and small bits of meat, chicken, or fish cooked and poured over rice. |
| chowder |
a thick soup typically containing clams, fish, or corn, with potatoes and onions in a milk or tomato base. |
| chub |
any of various thick-bodied freshwater fish common to Europe. [3 definitions] |
| chum2 |
chopped or ground bait dumped or scattered into water to attract fish. [3 definitions] |
| cichlid |
any of a large family (Cichlidae) of mostly freshwater tropical fish, some of which are commonly found in aquariums. |
| Cichlidae |
a large and diverse family of mostly freshwater tropical fish. |
| cloaca |
the cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and reproductive tracts open in birds, reptiles, fish, and amphibians. [1/3 definitions] |
| closed season |
any period during which it is illegal to fish for, capture, or hunt certain animal or fish species. |
| cobia |
a large tropical game fish with a prominent black stripe on either side. |
| cod-liver oil |
a pale yellow oil obtained from the liver of cod and related fish, often taken as a source of vitamins A and D. |
| coelacanth |
a large bony fish that was thought to be extinct until a living specimen was found in 1938. |
| coho |
a small ocean salmon, now often introduced into fresh water as a game fish; coho salmon; silver salmon. |
| court-bouillon |
a broth made from fish or seafood, cooked in wine or water with vegetables and herbs, and used in fish dishes, soups, and the like. |
| cowfish |
a small, brightly-colored fish covered with bony plates and having a spike over each eye, found in tropical waters. [1/2 definitions] |
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