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fishless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English fishless From fish + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without fish.
   • This chapter describes the present-day colonisation by trout of a previously fishless headwater stream... 2006, Graeme Harris, Nigel Milner, Sea Trout: Biology, Conservation and Management:

Deriveds

fishlessness

Translations (2)

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