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Tin fish

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tinfishnoun(UK, naval slang) A torpedo.
fishnoun(countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
tuna fishnoun(uncountable) The flesh of this fish, used as food
fishheadnounThe head of a fish.
tin cannounA container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.
fletchnoun(archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.
admiralty hamnoun(Royal Navy slang, obsolete) Tinned meat or fish.
tinnienoun(Australia, slang) A can of beer.
kippernounA split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
pilotfishnounAlternative spelling of pilot fish. [A marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.]
jack-tarnoun(British) Alternative form of jacktar. [(chiefly British) A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.]
sailnoun(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
torpedonoun(military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
jack tarnoun(British, idiomatic) Alternative letter-case form of jacktar. [(chiefly British) A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.]
trash fishnoun(fishing, food) A fish caught as bycatch and generally sold cheaply.
fishingnoun(uncountable) The act of catching fish.
birtnoun(UK, dialect, archaic) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.
trinknoun(obsolete) A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post or anchor; set net.
fynnenounObsolete form of fin (“part of a fish”). [(ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.]
fishnetnoun(uncountable) A fabric mesh with an open diamond-shaped structure.

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