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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread plural fishes #81265 09/20/2002 5:34 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1 troutdog stranger troutdog stranger Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1 Why is it that the plural of some fish species (and some mammals) is the same as the singular? For example: trout; salmon; deer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted plural fishes troutdog 09/20/2002 5:34 PM Re: plural fishes TEd Remington 09/20/2002 7:36 PM Re: plural fishes WhitmanO'Neill 09/20/2002 9:21 PM Re: plural edible fishes FishonaBike 09/23/2002 11:33 AM Re: plural edible fishes modestgoddess 09/24/2002 2:52 AM Re: plural edible fishes Faldage 09/24/2002 12:43 PM Re: plural edible fishes Wordwind 09/24/2002 1:03 PM Re: plural edible fishes FishonaBike 09/24/2002 10:00 PM Re: plural edible fishes Faldage 09/24/2002 10:05 PM chickens indeed wofahulicodoc 09/24/2002 11:51 PM Re: chickens indeed FishonaBike 09/25/2002 12:00 PM Re: chickens indeed slithy toves 09/25/2002 1:32 PM Re: chickens indeed Wordwind 09/25/2002 1:49 PM 'Enry 'Iggins FishonaBike 09/25/2002 1:59 PM Re: chickens indeed AnnaStrophic 09/25/2002 2:23 PM Re: chickens indeed slithy toves 09/25/2002 2:51 PM Re: chickens indeed WhitmanO'Neill 09/25/2002 3:00 PM Henry the Eighth TEd Remington 09/25/2002 2:04 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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