fishbone

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English

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Etymology

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From fish +‎ bone.

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Noun

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fishbone (plural fishbones)

  1. A bone from a fish.
    He choked on a fishbone.
  2. (figurative, attributive) Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton.
    Coordinate terms: dogbone, wishbone
    a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass

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