Fishy Words
It's a person unusually skilled in a particular activity such as cards or pool
shark
Alaskan pollock is the key ingredient in this alliterative McDonald's sandwich
Fillet o' Fish
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band sings this top fishing country song
Fishing in the Dark
Keeping their mouths open so they can strain meal, tilapia & herring are alliteratively termed this
filter feeders
The name of this shark, a popular gamefish, is from the Maori (four letters)
Mako
A thumb-sized potato & young fish both have this digit-al name
fingerling
This Latin American appetizer is raw fish marinated in lime juice; the acid in the lime juice "cooks" the fish
ceviche
A video for this tune about an infant predatory fish & family has racked up more than 8 billion views on YouTube
Baby Shark
Tarpon have this type of upturned mouth
Superior
Arctic Lion's Mane Jellyfish can be 120 feet long, impressive due to the fact they only live for about a year, most of its time in the fully developed stage named for this serpent headed Greek woman
Medusa
This fish is also a past tense word meaning you took a whiff of something
smelt
To cook fish en papillote, you'll need this type of paper to seal in the flavor & juices
parchment paper
This Oscar-winning tune from "The Little Mermaid" mentions "the trout rockin' out"
Under the Sea
Elasmobranches like rays & skates have skeletons made of this
Cartilage
Several small species of the herring family go by this name, particularly when they're canned in oil
sardines
This name for a flatfish with both eyes on the same side of its head is also a verb meaning to struggle ineffectively
flounder
If your can of tuna says "chunk white" or "solid white", it came from this species
albacore
This rock song by Heart is named after a predatory fish that lives in coral reefs
Barracuda
These bristles on the heads of catfish get their name from the Latin for "beard"
barbels
The giant Pacific octopus has a 24-foot armspan & two horn-like papillae above each eye, which some say give it this satanic fish nickname
devilfish
This fish common in North America is also a word for a type of spear
Pike
The traditional salade nicoise includes anchovies & this other fish
Tuna
Robert Earl King sang about catching this type of fish, that weighed this many pounds
bass, five
This circular shaped scale type has a smooth edge
Cycloid
The North Atlantic abounds in this tasty fish that sparked 1970s trouble between Britain & Iceland
cod