fishbone

English

Etymology

From fish + boneCategory:English compound terms#FISHBONE.

Pronunciation

Noun

fishbone (plural fishbones)Category:English lemmas#FISHBONECategory:English nouns#FISHBONECategory:English countable nouns#FISHBONECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FISHBONECategory:Pages with entries#FISHBONECategory:Pages with 1 entry#FISHBONE

  1. A bone from a fish.
  2. (figurative, attributive) Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton.
    Coordinate terms: dogbone, wishbone
    a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glassCategory:English terms with usage examples#FISHBONE

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