fishy

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

“Salmon is a fish.”

Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

The flesh of the fish used as food.

“The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.”

A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

A woman.

An easy victim for swindling.

A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

A purchase used to fish the anchor.

A torpedo.

A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:

The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

A period of time spent fishing.

“The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.”

An instance of seeking something.

“Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.”

A counter, used in various games.

Of, from, or similar to fish.

“What is that fishy odor?”

Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

“I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.”

Of drag queens: appearing feminine.