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Jesus fish en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) The ichthys, a symbol of a fish made from two intersecting curved lines, representing Christianity.
    • The Jesus fish has become a symbol of modern Christianity, depicted on bumper stickers and jewelry to show that the owner is a Christian. The symbol has spawned a variety of spin-offs, and some argument, including the Darwin Fish^([sic]), the gefilte fish, fish and chips, lutefisk, and Jesus fish eating Darwin fish. 2011, Gene Helfman, Bruce Collette, Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 132:

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Jesus fish Number=Plur lexicographic
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Darwin fish