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noun
A juvenile fish that has developed scales and working fins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A type of small potato grown primarily in North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An infant weasel, stoat, ferret; esp. weasels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any finger-sized version of something typically larger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
a young or small fish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fish
History
From Middle English fyngyrlynge, equivalent to finger + -ling, from having the size of a human finger.
