"nonfish" meaning in English

See nonfish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From non- + fish. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|fish}} non- + fish Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nonfish (not comparable)
  1. Not fish, or not relating to fish. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nonfish-en-adj-pAZWSNaY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: nonanimal

Noun

Forms: nonfishes [plural], nonfish [plural]
Etymology: From non- + fish. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|fish}} non- + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|nonfish}} nonfish (plural nonfishes or nonfish)
  1. That which is not a fish.
    Sense id: en-nonfish-en-noun-JlUboDVG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: nonanimal

Inflected forms

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