fishet

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English

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Etymology

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From fish +‎ -et.

Noun

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fishet (plural fishets)

  1. (rare) A young or small fish.
    Synonyms: fishling, fishlet
    • 1867 August 24, “Town Talk”, in Fun, volume the fifth (new series), London: [] J. Alder, →OCLC, page 248, column 1:
      When they remembered how they came to be partakers of the banquet last year, they must have felt very unsafe until the little crisp fishets were crunched between their teeth.

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