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fishsicle en · NOUN

Etymology

From fish + -sicle.

Meanings

1. (humorous, informal) A cold or frozen fish.
   • Fish can swim in the icy waters without turning into fishsicles because many of them make chemicals that keep their blood from freezing. 2008, Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, & Laura Silverstein Nunn, Adaptation, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 51:
   • […] The ice boat had carried them home with their baskets of fish. Elsa froze the fish and snuck them into the kitchens. "Fishsicles!" five-year-old Anna shouted in delight. 2015, Memory and Magic, Disney Press, →ISBN:
   • This would certainly be a perfect time to replace it [your aquarium's heater] — if something goes wrong you'll either have fishsicles or bouillabaisse. 1994, Aquarium Fish Magazine, volume 7, number 3, page 8:

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