Meaning

2 senses
  1. A bone from a fish.

    He choked on a fishbone.

    Gräte, Fischgräte

    ры́бья костьrýbʹja kostʹ, косточкаkostočka

    риб'яча кісткаrybʺjača kistka

    a bone of a fish

  2. (attributive, figuratively)Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton.

    a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I nearly choked on a fishbone.

    deIch bin an einer Fischgräte fast erstickt. — xtofu80

Translations

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Origin

From fish + bone.

From fish + bone.

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