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SHEAT-FISH

\ʃˈiːtfˈɪʃ], \ʃˈiːtfˈɪʃ], \ʃ_ˈiː_t_f_ˈɪ_ʃ]\

Definitions of SHEAT-FISH

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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A fish with a long slimy scaleless body and the back dusky like that of an eel.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

sh[=e]t'-fish, n. a fish of the family SiluridÃ¦, the great catfish of central Europe.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Largest European freshwater fish. [old English]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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