small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe
pilchard
Noun
small fatty fish usually canned
pearlfish
Noun
found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
pearl-fish
Noun
found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
pike
Noun
any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
pike
Noun
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
pike
Noun
medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff
pike
Noun
a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
pike
Noun
highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
pickerel
Noun
any of several North American species of small pike
pickerel
Noun
flesh of young or small pike
percoid fish
Noun
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
percoid
Noun
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
percoidean
Noun
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
perch
Noun
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
perch
Noun
spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
perch
Noun
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
perch
Noun
any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
perch
Noun
an elevated place serving as a seat
perch
Noun
a square rod of land
perch
Noun
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
perch
Verb
sit, as on a branch
perch
Verb
cause to perch or sit
perch
Verb
to come to rest, settle
pumpkinseed
Noun
small brilliantly colored North American sunfish
pike-perch
Noun
any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family
pike perch
Noun
any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family
pinfish
Noun
similar to sea bream
pleopod
Noun
one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming
pompano
Noun
any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
pompano
Noun
flesh of pompano
pilotfish
Noun
small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas
porkfish
Noun
black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
pork-fish
Noun
black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
pomfret
Noun
deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific
pompon
Noun
dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
pompon
Noun
decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk
pigfish
Noun
found from Long Island southward
pigfish
Noun
found around the Great Barrier Reef
porgy
Noun
important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters
porgy
Noun
lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
piranha
Noun
small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
piranha
Noun
someone who attacks in search of booty
pirana
Noun
small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
pikeblenny
Noun
tropical American fishes
puddingwife
Noun
bluish and bronze wrasse
pudding-wife
Noun
bluish and bronze wrasse
pearly razorfish
Noun
a kind of razor fish
parrotfish
Noun
gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth