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Definition of FISHES

Fishes
Finch Finch, n.; pl. Fishes. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo["o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillid[ae]. Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. Bramble finch. See Brambling. Canary finch, the canary bird. Copper finch. See Chaffinch. Diamond finch. See under Diamond. Finch falcon (Zo["o]l.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax. To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.] ``Privily a finch eke could he pull.' --Chaucer.

Meaning of FISHES from wikipedia

- fishes, and early sharks, earning the Devonian the epithet "the age of fishes". Fishes are a paraphyletic group, since any clade containing all fish,...
- modified bony fishes, and so we are comfortable with using the taxon Osteichthyes as a clade, which now includes all tetrapods... Fishes of the World (5th...
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and Phylogenetic classification of Bony Fishes with notes when this differs from Nelson, ITIS and FishBase and extinct groups...
- evolutionary relationships. List of cartilaginous fish Cartilaginous versus bony fishes Largest cartilaginous fishes Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) Threatened...
- "Fishes" is the sixth episode of the second season and 14th episode overall of the American comedy-drama series The Bear (titled The Berzattos on-screen)...
- genus Vandellia (Trichomycteridae) feed on major gill arteries of host fishes" (PDF). Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology: 31–36. Breault, J.L...
- Vertebrata class Agnatha (jawless fishes, paraphyletic) class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) class Osteichthyes (bony fishes, paraphyletic) class Amphibia...
- including all living bony fishes (both ray-finned and lobe-finned, including their terrestrial tetrapod relatives) and cartilaginous fishes, as well as extinct...
- name derives from the insect's silvery light grey colour, combined with the fish-like appearance of its movements. The scientific name (L. saccharinum) indicates...
- PMID 31353167. Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters...