"fishsicle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fishsicles [plural]
Etymology: fish + -sicle Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fish|sicle}} fish + -sicle Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishsicle (plural fishsicles)
  1. (informal, humorous) A cold or frozen fish. Tags: humorous, informal Categories (lifeform): Fish

Inflected forms

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