fishy

/ˈfɪʃi/

noun

1
A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
“Salmon is a fish.”
2
Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
3
The flesh of the fish used as food.
“The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.”
4
A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
5
A woman.
6
An easy victim for swindling.
7
A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
8
A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
9
A purchase used to fish the anchor.
10
A torpedo.
11
A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
12
The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

1
A period of time spent fishing.
“The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.”
2
An instance of seeking something.
“Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.”

1
Of, from, or similar to fish.
“What is that fishy odor?”
2
Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
“I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.”
3
Of drag queens: appearing feminine.

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