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sort [sɔ:t]1 noun∎ a hat with a sort of veil un chapeau avec une sorte ou une espèce ou un genre de voile;∎ it's a strange sort of film c'est un drôle de film;∎ it's a different sort of problem c'est un autre type de problème;∎ the trees formed a sort of arch les arbres formaient comme une arche;∎ I've got a sort of feeling about what the result will be j'ai comme un pressentiment sur ce que sera le résultat;∎ I think that he's some sort of specialist or that he's a specialist of some sort je crois que c'est un genre de spécialiste;∎ she's not the sort (of woman) to let you down elle n'est pas du genre à vous laisser tomber;∎ this or familiar these sort of people les gens de cette espèce, ces gens-là;∎ they're not our sort (of people) nous ne sommes pas du même monde;∎ I know your sort! les gens de ton espèce, je les connais!;∎ there's too much of this sort of thing going on il se passe trop de choses de ce genre;∎ good luck, and all that sort of thing! bonne chance, et tout et tout!;∎ what sort of fish are we having? qu'est-ce qu'on mange comme poisson?;∎ what sort of washing machine have you got? qu'est-ce que vous avez comme (marque de) machine à laver?;∎ what sort of dog is that? qu'est-ce que c'est comme chien ou comme race de chien?;∎ what sort of woman is she? quel genre de femme est-ce?;∎ what sort of girl do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous?;∎ what sort of way is that to speak to your grandmother? en voilà une façon de parler à ta grand-mère!;∎ what sort of day did you have? comment s'est passée ta journée?;∎ that's my sort of holiday voilà des vacances comme je les aime;∎ all sorts of people des gens de toutes sortes;∎ you get all sorts at these parties on rencontre toutes sortes de gens dans ces soirées;∎ there are all sorts of materials to choose from on peut choisir parmi toutes sortes de matériaux;∎ I've heard all sorts of good things about you j'ai entendu dire beaucoup de bien de vous;∎ to be out of sorts (a little unwell) ne pas être dans son assiette; (in a bad mood) être de mauvaise humeur;∎ something of the sort or of that sort quelque chose de pareil ou de semblable ou dans ce genre-là;∎ I said nothing of the sort! je n'ai rien dit de pareil ou de tel!;∎ you were drunk last night - I was nothing of the sort! tu étais ivre hier soir - absolument pas! ou mais pas du tout!;∎ proverb it takes all sorts (to make a world) il faut de tout pour faire un monde∎ she's a good or decent sort (young woman) c'est une brave fille; (older woman) c'est une brave femme;∎ he's not a bad sort ce n'est pas le mauvais cheval∎ the program will do an alphabetical sort le programme exécutera un tri alphabétique;∎ sort routine routine f de tri;∎ familiar I've had a sort through all the winter clothes j'ai trié tous les vêtements d'hiver□∎ to sort mail trier le courrier;∎ I've sorted the index cards into alphabetical order j'ai classé ou trié les fiches par ordre alphabétique;∎ they were sorting the shirts according to colour ils triaient les chemises selon leur couleur;∎ sort the cards into two piles répartissez les cartes en deux piles;∎ sort the letters into urgent and less urgent répartissez les lettres entre celles qui sont urgentes et celles qui le sont moins;∎ help me sort the good fruit from the bad aidez-moi à séparer les bons fruits des mauvais;∎ Computing to sort sth in ascending/descending order trier qch par ordre croissant/décroissant∎ they served us champagne of sorts or of a sort ils nous ont servi une espèce de champagne;∎ a peace/solution of sorts un semblant de paix/de solution;∎ they live in a home of sorts ils habitent dans une maison, si on peut appeler ça une maison∎ familiar I sort of expected it to rain je m'attendais un peu à ce qu'il pleuve□ ;∎ I'm sort of glad that I missed them je suis plutôt content de les avoir ratés;∎ it's sort of big and round c'est du genre grand et rond;∎ it's sort of heavy c'est un peu lourd, c'est plutôt lourd□ ;∎ he sort of apologized d'une certaine façon, il s'est excusé□ ;∎ did you hit him? - well, sort of tu l'as frappé? - en quelque sorte, oui□(a) (separate) séparer;∎ to sort out the foreign stamps from the British ones séparer les timbres étrangers des timbres britanniques(b) (select and set aside) trier;∎ I've been sorting out some books for you to take j'ai trié quelques livres pour que tu les emportes;∎ we've already sorted out the likely candidates from the rest nous avons déjà trié les candidats intéressants (et les autres)(c) (tidy up, put in order → papers, clothes, room, cupboard) ranger; (→ finances, ideas) mettre en ordre;∎ give me a few minutes to get (myself) sorted out or to sort myself out donnez-moi quelques minutes pour m'organiser;∎ she needs to get her personal life sorted out il faut qu'elle règle ses problèmes personnels(d) (settle, resolve → problem, dispute) régler, résoudre;∎ I'm glad that bit of bother has been sorted out je suis content que ce petit problème ait été réglé;∎ they still haven't sorted out the mistake in my tax demand ils n'ont toujours pas réglé cette erreur dans ma feuille d'impôts;∎ everything's sorted out now tout est arrangé ou réglé maintenant;∎ once the initial confusion had sorted itself out une fois que la confusion du début se fut dissipée;∎ things will sort themselves out in the end les choses finiront par s'arranger;∎ familiar two aspirins ought to sort out that headache deux aspirines devraient avoir raison de ce mal de tête□(e) (establish, clarify)∎ have you sorted out how to do it? est-ce que tu as trouvé le moyen de le faire?;∎ she couldn't sort out what they wanted elle n'arrivait pas à savoir au juste ce qu'ils voulaient;∎ I'm trying to sort out what's been going on j'essaie de savoir ou de comprendre ce qui s'est passé;∎ you've got to sort out your priorities il faut que tu définisses ce qui prime pour toi∎ we still have to sort out a date for the next meeting il nous faut encore arranger ou choisir une date pour la prochaine réunion;∎ I'll go and sort the tickets out je vais m'occuper des billets;∎ to sort out the details faire le nécessaire;∎ to sort out a room for sb préparer une chambre pour qn∎ he's very depressed, you should try to sort him out il est très déprimé, tu devrais essayer de l'aider à s'en sortir□ ;∎ she needs time to sort herself out il lui faut du temps pour régler ses problèmes□∎ just wait till he gets home, I'll sort him out! attends un peu qu'il rentre à la maison, je vais lui régler son compte!►► Banking sort code code m guichettrier;∎ I've been sorting through the old magazines j'ai trié les vieux magazines -
2 sort
[sɔːt]nсорт, вид, тип, разновидностьI have never said anything of the sort. — Я никогда ничего подобного не говорил.
I don't want to get you into any sort of trouble. — Не хочу втягивать вас в какие-либо неприятности.
His instructions were of laconic sort. — Он отдавал лаконичные инструкции.
It takes all sorts of fish to make the world. — ◊ Сколько голов, столько умов. /У всякой пташки свои замашки.
- good sort- ordinary sort
- cheap sort
- various sorts
- several sorts
- five different sorts
- same sort
- different sorts of things
- all sorts of people
- all sorts of dresses
- all sorts of devices
- all that sort of things
- convenient sort of car
- strange sort of story
- right sort of people
- curious sort of life
- gloomy sort of house
- queer sort of man
- this sort of candy
- sort of reward
- sort of hero
- sort of gift
- sort of way out
- some sort of animal
- that sort of thing
- shoes of every known sorts
- books of all sorts
- something of this sort
- woman of the right sort
- people of your sort
- biscuits of one sort
- winter sport of every sort
- of one sort or another
- in a troubled sort of way
- with a dazed sort of look
- classify smth in sorts
- take all sorts of pains
- it is a sort of box
- nothing of the sort!USAGE:(1.) Если выражение sort of употребляется с существительными в единственном числе, то оно обозначает род/вид/тип существительного: You are interested in this sort of thing, aren't you? Вы ведь интересуетесь такого рода вопросами? What sort of iron did she get? - A steam iron. Какой утюг она приобрела? - Паровой. В разговорной речи вместо выражения sort of часто употребляется оборот like this (that): I hate that sort of film/I hate films like that. (2.) Если выражение sort of употреблятся с существительным во множественном числе, то оно обозначает разновидности/сорта того, что названо существительным: They sell all sorts of shoes. Они продают обувь всех видов. (3.) See kind, n -
3 sort
نَوْع \ class: a group of things of the same kind: Science divides living things into many classes. form: a kind: Ice is a solid form of water. A bus is a form of vehicle. kind: sort; class: An orange is a kind of fruit. make: a kind, as shown by the maker’s name or the trade name: What make of car is that? A Ford, or a Jaguar?. quality: worth; a general condition of goodness or badness: These goods are of poor quality. sort: kind: different sorts of fruit. species: a kind, esp. in the scientific grouping of creatures and plants. type: a kind: Men of that type can’t be trusted. Is this a new type of machine?. variety: a kind: There are many varieties of fish in this lake. \ See Also صنف (صِنْف)، شكل (شَكْل) -
4 this sort of candy
this sort of candy (of fish, of vegetables, of jam) этот сорт конфет (рыбы, овощей, джема) -
5 barði
I) m. a sort of ship, ‘ram’.* * *a, m. a ship, a sort of ram, v. above, Fms. ii. 310, Edda (Gl.)β. a sort of fish (Germ. bartfisch), Edda (Gl.)γ. a shield, Edda (Gl.) -
6 quedarse
1 (permanecer) to remain, stay, be2 (resultado de algo) to be, remain3 eufemístico (morirse) to die4 (mar, viento) to become calm; (viento) to drop5 quedarse con (retener algo) to keep* * *1) to stay2) linger* * *VERBO PRONOMINAL1) (=permanecer, estar)a) [gen] to stayve tú, yo me quedo — you go, I'll stay
mis compañeros salieron de trabajar a las cinco, pero yo me quedé hasta las ocho — my colleagues all left work at five, but I stayed behind until eight
sus preguntas se quedaron sin respuesta — his questions remained o were left unanswered
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quedarse atrás — (=atrasarse) to fall behind, be left behind; (=en posición retrasada) to stay behindgeneralmente se queda atrás hasta la última vuelta — (Dep) he usually stays behind until the last lap
b) + gerundiome quedé estudiando hasta que cerraron la biblioteca — I carried on o stayed working in the library until it closed
id vosotros, yo me quedo un rato más viendo el museo — you go, I want to stay and look round the museum a bit more
See:quedar 1., 2)2) [indicando resultado]a) [con adjetivos, locuciones preposicionales]se ha quedado viudo — he has been widowed, he has lost his wife
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se me ha quedado pequeña esta camisa — I've outgrown this shirtb)• quedarse sin, nos hemos quedado sin café — we've run out of coffee
See:quedar 1., 3)3) (=conservar) [gen] to keep; (=comprar) to takeentre A y B, me quedo con B — given a choice between A and B, I'd go for o take B
4) (=retener en la memoria)está muy mayor, no se le quedan las cosas — he's really old now, he can't remember things
lo siento, no me quedé con su nombre — sorry, I can't quite remember your name
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quedarse con algn — * (=engañar) to con sb *; (=tomar el pelo a) to take the mickey out of sb *, pull sb's leg *¿te estás quedando conmigo? — are you trying to kid me? *
6) (=calmarse) [viento] to drop; [mar] to calm down* * *(v.) = stay, stay behind, boardEx. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.Ex. While there were certainly people who stayed behind by choice, most stayed behind because they had no choice.Ex. When she first arrived she was boarding with friends until she found a place to rent.* * *(v.) = stay, stay behind, boardEx: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
Ex: While there were certainly people who stayed behind by choice, most stayed behind because they had no choice.Ex: When she first arrived she was boarding with friends until she found a place to rent.* * *
■quedarse verbo reflexivo
1 (en un estado) to remain: me quedé sorprendida, I was astonished
2 (en un lugar) to stay: se quedó en casa, she stayed (at) home
se quedó en el hotel, she stayed at the hotel
3 (sin algo) to run out of sthg
quedarse sin trabajo, to lose one's job
4 (con algo) to keep, take: me quedé con su abrigo, I kept his coat
se quedó con el tercer premio, she took the third prize
5 (en la memoria) to remember: no me quedé con su número de teléfono, I can't remember his telephone number
6 familiar (con alguien) to have sb on
' quedarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ancha
- ancho
- apolillada
- apolillado
- atascarse
- atrás
- atrasarse
- carta
- colgada
- colgado
- corta
- corto
- cuadro
- desentenderse
- embarazada
- ensordecer
- frita
- frito
- fuelle
- miel
- pajarito
- petrificar
- piedra
- plantarse
- santa
- santo
- sitio
- sopa
- tierra
- tiesa
- tieso
- tintero
- toro
- traspuesta
- traspuesto
- vela
- afónico
- boca
- boquiabierto
- calvo
- castigar
- chaparro
- definitivamente
- desconcertado
- dormido
- estado
- guardar
- helado
- hogar
- llevar
English:
aback
- asleep
- astonish
- background
- blind
- conclude
- conk out
- cut
- deaf
- disturbed
- doze off
- drop behind
- drop off
- fall
- fall behind
- freeze
- get behind
- go
- high
- hoarse
- home
- hover
- lag behind
- limb
- look on
- nod off
- oversleep
- remain
- remain behind
- retain
- run out
- shelf
- sit
- sit about
- sit around
- stand
- stay
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay on
- stay out
- stick around
- understatement
- voice
- wayside
- well
- anywhere
- bald
- break
- doze
* * *vpr1. [permanecer] to stay, to remain;todos le pidieron que se quedara everyone asked her to stay;va a tener que quedarse en el hospital he is going to have to stay o remain in hospital;¿por qué no te quedas un rato más? why don't you stay on a bit longer?;hoy me quedaré en casa I'm going to stay at home o stay in today;me quedé estudiando hasta tarde I stayed up late studying;me quedé en la cama hasta tarde I slept in;se quedó de pie mirándome she stood there watching me2. [terminar en un estado]quedarse ciego/sordo to go blind/deaf;quedarse viudo to be widowed;quedarse soltero to remain single o a bachelor;quedarse sin dinero to be left penniless;me quedé dormido I fell asleep;se quedó un poco triste she was o felt rather sad;Espse ha quedado/se está quedando muy delgada she's become/she's getting very thin;al verla se quedó pálido he turned pale when he saw her;Espla pared se ha quedado limpia the wall is clean now;quedarse atrás to fall behind3. [comprar, elegir] to take;me quedo éste I'll take this one4.quedarse con [retener, guardarse] to keep;alguien se ha quedado con mi paraguas someone has taken my umbrella;no me quedé con su nombre I can't seem to remember his name5.quedarse con [preferir] to go for, to prefer;de todos los pescados me quedo con el salmón I prefer salmon to any other sort of fish, when it comes to fish, I'd go for salmon every timeAm [máquina] to pack up;anduvo bien los primeros kilómetros y de pronto se quedó it was fine for the first few miles, then all of a sudden it packed upte estás quedando conmigo you're having me on!* * *v/r1 stay:quedarse ciego go blind;quedarse sin dinero run out of money;quedarse contento be happy;quedarse atrás be left behind3 ( apropiarse):quedarse con algo keep sth4:me quedé sin comer I ended up not eating* * *vr1) : to stayse quedó en casa: she stayed at home2) : to keep onse quedó esperando: he kept on waiting3)quedarse atrás : to stay behindno quedarse atrás: to be no slouch4)quedarse con : to remainme quedé con hambre después de comer: I was still hungry after I ate* * *quedarse vb1. (permanecer en un sitio) to stay -
7 טיפוס
climbing, ascent, scaling————————type (person), sort, kind, fish, cuss————————typhus (medic.) -
8 טפוס
climbing, ascent, scaling————————type (person), sort, kind, fish, cuss————————typhus (medic.) -
9 अप्रिय _apriya
अप्रिय a.1 Disliked, disagreeable, unpleasant, offen- sive अप्रियस्य च पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः Rām.; Ms.4. 138; अतः समीपे परिणेतुरिष्यते तदप्रियापि प्रमदा स्वबन्धुभिः Ś.5. 17; hated, distasteful.-2 Unkind, unfriendly.-यः A foe, an enemy.-या A sort of fish (शृङ्गीमत्स्यः).-यम् An unfriendly or offensive act; पाणिग्राहस्य साध्वी स्त्री......नाचरेत्किञ्चिदप्रियम् Ms.5.156.-Comp. -कर, -कारिन्, -कारक a. unfriendly, ill-disposed.-भागिन् a. ill-fated.-वद, (˚यम्˚),-वादिन् a. speaking unkind or harsh words; वन्ध्यार्थध्न्यप्रियंवदा Y.1.73; माता यस्य गृहे नास्ति भार्या चाप्रियवादिनी Chāṇ.44. -
10 आटिः _āṭiḥ
आटिः [आ-अट्-इण्]1 A kind of bird (शरारि) (also written आटि) cf. आटिराडी शराडी च शरारी राडिराडिका-2 A sort of fish.-Comp. -मुखः, -खम् a surgical instrument used in blood letting (so called from its being like the beak of the bird आटि). -
11 इलीशः _ilīśḥ _इल्लिशः _illiśḥ
इलीशः इल्लिशः A sort of fish, commonly hilsa or sable. इलीशोचितपीयूषो वाचा वाचामगोचरः Udb. -
12 कश्यपः _kaśyapḥ
कश्यपः a. Having black teeth.-पः 1 A tortoise.-2 A sort of fish.-3 A kind of deer.-4 N. of a Ṛiṣi, the husband of Aditi and Diti, and thus the father both of gods and demons, (so called because he drank कश्य 'liquor'; cf. कश्यपस्तस्य पुत्रो$भूत कश्यपानात् स कश्यपः । Mārk. P.) [He was the son of Marīchi, the son of Brahmā. He bears a very important share in the work of creation. According to Māhabhārata and other accounts, he married Aditi and 12 other daughters of Dakṣa, and begot on Aditi the twelve Ādityas. By his other twelve wives he had a numer- ous and very diversified progeny: serpents, reptiles, birds, demons, nymphs of the lunar constellation. He was thus the father of gods, demons, men, beasts, birds and reptiles-in fact of all living beings. He is therefore often called Prajāpati].-Comp. -नन्दनः an epithet of Garuḍa. -
13 कुब्ज _kubja
कुब्ज a. [कु ईषत् उब्जमार्जवं यत्र शकं˚ Tv.] Hump- backed, crooked. अन्धाः खञ्जाः कुब्जा वामनकाश्च Garbha. Up.3.-ब्जः 1 A curved sword.-2 A hump on the back.-3 A sort of fish; Mb.7.56.8.-ब्जा A young female servant of Kaṁsa, said to be deformed in three parts of her body. [Kṛiṣṇa and Balarāma, while proceeding to Mathurā, saw her on the high road car- rying unguent to Kaṁsa. They asked her if she would give them some portion of it, and she gave as much as they wanted. Kṛiṣṇa, being very much pleased with her kindness, made her perfectly straight, and she began to appear a most beautiful woman.]-Comp. -किरातः -वामनः a. hump-backed person and a dwarf.-गामिन् a. going crookedly, going astray; बुद्धयः कुब्ज- गामिन्यो भवन्ति महतामपि Pt.2.5.-लीला the manner, gait or character of a hump-backed person; Ś.2. -
14 शष्कु _śaṣku _ _स्कु _sku _ _ली _lī
शष्कु (स्कु) ली 1 The orifice of the ear, auditory passage; तथापि कर्णशष्कुल्यवच्छिन्नः सन् (आकाशः) शब्दग्राहक- श्रोत्रेन्द्रियात्मकः Tarka K.; अवलम्बितकर्णशष्कुलीकलसीकं रचयन्न- वोचत N.2.8; Y.3.96.-2 A kind of baked cake; संयावापूपशष्कुल्यः सर्वदोहश्च गृह्यताम् Bhāg.1.24.26; Y.1. 173; Gaṇeśa P.49. (verses 47-51).-3 Rice-gruel.-4 A disease of the ear.-5 A sort of fish.Sanskrit-English dictionary > शष्कु _śaṣku _ _स्कु _sku _ _ली _lī
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15 सवङ्क
සවඞ්ක savaसवङ्कNka savaṅka adjhaving bendings; a sort of fish. -
16 कर्णफल
kárṇa-phalam. a sort of fish (Ophiocephalus Kurrawey) L.
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17 कर्णमद्गुर
kárṇa-madguram. a sort of fish, Silurus unitus L.
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18 कलक
kalakam. a sort of fish L. ;
a kind of prose L. ;
(am) n. the root of Andropogon Muricatus L.
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19 कविक
kavikan. the bit of a bridle orᅠ the reins L. ;
(ā) f. the bit of a bridle Mudr. ;
N. of a flower (= kevikā-pushya) L. ;
a sort of fish (commonly Kay) Bhpr. <cf. kavayī.>
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20 कश्यप
kaṡyápa
m. a tortoise ( kacchapa) VS. XXIV, 37 AitBr. ṠBr. ;
a sort of fish W. ;
a kind of deer (cf. kāṡyapa) L. ;
a class of divine beings associated with Prajāpati AV. TS. VS. ;
(ās) m. pl. a class of semidivine genii connected with orᅠ regulating the course of the sun AV. XIII, 1, 23 TĀr. I, 8 PārGṛ. II, 9, 13 ;
N. of a mythical Ṛishi AitBr. ṠBr. ;
of an ancient sage VS. AV. etc., (a descendant of Marīci andᅠ author of several hymns of the Ṛig-veda RV. AV. ṠBr. ;
he was husband of Aditi andᅠ twelve other daughters of Daksha MBh. I, 2598 Mn. IX, 129 ;
by Aditi he was father of the Ādityas <cf. kāṡyapeya> TS. ṠBr. ;
andᅠ of Vivasvat R. ;
andᅠ of Vishṇu in his vāmanaavatāra R. BhP. VP. ;
by his other twelve wives he was father of demons, nāgas, reptiles, birds, andᅠ all kinds of living things;
from the prominent part ascribed to him in creation he is sometimes called Prajā-pati;
he is one of the seven great Ṛishis andᅠ priest of Paraṡu-rāma andᅠ Rāma-candra;
he is supposed by some to be a personification of races inhabiting the Caucasus, the Caspian, Kaṡmīr, etc.);
a patronymic from Kaṡyapa ṠBr. ;
the author of a Dharmaṡāstra called Kaṡyahôllara-saṃhitā;
the constellation Cancer
+ (cf. Pers. kashaf) VP. ;
(ās) m. pl. the descendants of Kaṡyapa AitBr. ĀṡvṠr. ;
(ā) f. a female Ṛishi (authoress of a verse in the White Yajur-veda)
- कश्यपग्रीव
- कश्यपतुङ्ग
- कश्यपद्वीप
- कश्यपनन्दन
- कश्यपपुच्छ
- कश्यपभास्कर
- कश्यपव्रत
- कश्यपसंहिता
- कश्यपसूनुज्येष्ठ
- कश्यपस्मृति
- कश्यपापत्य
- कश्यपेश्वर
- कश्यपोत्तरसंहिता
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Fish (Chanteur) — Fish lors d un concert en Allemagne Nom William Derek Dick Naissance 25 avril 1958 … Wikipédia en Français
Fish (chanteur) — Fish lors d un concert en Allemagne Nom William Derek Dick Naissance 25 avril 1958 Dalkeith (Écoss … Wikipédia en Français
Fish — are aquatic vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously cold blooded), covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Fish are abundant in the sea and in fresh water, with species being … Wikipedia
Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… … Universalium
fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with … Universalium
Fish migration — Many species of salmon are anadromous and migrate long distances up rivers and streams to spawn. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annually or longer, and over distances ranging from a few metres… … Wikipedia
Fish ladder — Fishways, most commonly called fish ladders but also known as fish passes and in Australia also referred to as fish steps, are structures on or around artificial barriers (such as dams and weirs) to facilitate diadromous fishes natural migration … Wikipedia
Fish flake — This article is about the structures used for drying cod; for the flaked foods given to aquarium fish, see fish food. A fish flake is a platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying cod fish on the foreshore of fishing villages and… … Wikipedia
Fish Karma — Infobox Musical artist Name = Fish Karma Img capt = Fish Karma is the pseudonym for musician Terry Owen Img size = Landscape = yes Background = solo singer Birth name = Alias = Born = 1959 Died = Origin = Tucson, Arizona, United States Instrument … Wikipedia
fish and flesh — a proverb, you must not make fish of one and flesh of the other, meaning you must treat both alike. Fish is deemed an inferior sort of animal food to flesh. Used for its alliterative quality … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish falls and frog showers — For nearly 2,000 years, and from nearly every part of the world, there have been reports of showers of rain which contained large quantities of live frogs, fish, or other creatures, and the reports still occur with quite startling regularity.… … A Dictionary of English folklore