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• shoal of fish — žuvų tuntas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Didelis žuvų būrys. atitikmenys: angl. school; school of fish; shoal; shoal of fish vok. Fischschwarm, m rus. косяк рыбы, m; скопление рыбы, n …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

• shoal of fish — group of fish, school of fish …   English contemporary dictionary

• shoal — [ʃəul US ʃoul] n [Sense: 1; Origin: Old English scolu large group ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: shoal not deep (11 20 centuries), from Old English sceald] 1.) a large group of fish swimming together = ↑school shoal of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fish — I n. 1) to catch (a) fish 2) baked; broiled; dried; filleted; fresh; freshwater; fried; frozen; saltwater; smoked fish 3) tropical fish 4) fish bite at bait; swim 5) a school, shoal of fish 6) (misc.) to drink like a fish ( to drink excessive… …   Combinatory dictionary

• shoal — žuvų tuntas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Didelis žuvų būrys. atitikmenys: angl. school; school of fish; shoal; shoal of fish vok. Fischschwarm, m rus. косяк рыбы, m; скопление рыбы, n …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

• fish — noun 1 animal that lives and breathes in water ADJECTIVE ▪ freshwater, marine, saltwater, sea ▪ cold water, tropical ▪ aquarium ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• fish — fish1 noun (plural same or fishes) 1》 a limbless cold blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins, living wholly in water.     ↘the flesh of fish as food. 2》 used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g. shellfish,… …   English new terms dictionary

• shoal — [[t]ʃo͟ʊl[/t]] shoals N COUNT: oft N of n A shoal of fish is a large group of them swimming together. Among them swam shoals of fish. ...tuna shoals …   English dictionary

• shoal — English has two distinct words shoal. ‘Shallow area’ [16] is descended from the Old English adjective sceald ‘shallow’, which in turn came from prehistoric Germanic *skaldaz. (English shallow [15] is related, although it is not clear precisely… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• shoal — English has two distinct words shoal. ‘Shallow area’ [16] is descended from the Old English adjective sceald ‘shallow’, which in turn came from prehistoric Germanic *skaldaz. (English shallow [15] is related, although it is not clear precisely… …   Word origins

• shoal — I. adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English shold, from Old English sceald more at skeleton Date: circa 1554 shallow II. noun Date: 1555 1. shallow 2. a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow III …   New Collegiate Dictionary