Fish Vocabulary

“A school of colourful tropical fish swim through a large aquarium.”

More Fish Vocabulary:

• Bait (noun): food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used to attract fish or other animals.
• Dorsal (adjective): relating to or situated on the upper side of the body of an animal, including fish.
• Fins (noun): the flat, thin body parts that stick out from the body of a fish and are used for swimming and balance.
• Gill (noun): the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, such as fish, that enables them to breathe underwater.
• Hook (noun/verb): (n) a curved piece of metal used for catching fish; (v) to catch or trap something with a hook.
• Migrate (verb): to move from one place to another, often in a pattern or cycle, such as the seasonal movement of fish.
• Net (noun/verb): (n) a meshed material used for catching fish; (v) to catch fish with a net.
• Scales (noun/verb): (n) the small, flat, overlapping plates covering the skin of fish; (v) to remove the scales from a fish.
• Shoal (noun): a large number of fish swimming together.
• Spawn (noun/verb): (n) the eggs or sperm of fish; (v) to release eggs or sperm for reproduction.

More Animal Photo Vocabulary on FunkyEnglish:

• Bird
• Butterfly
• Cat
• Deer
• Elephant
• Frog
• Giraffe
• Kangaroo
• Lion
• Puppy
• Sheep
• Turtle

Related Expressions:

• Fish and Chips (British culture)
• Smells Fishy (idiom)

In The News:

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