Fish & Shellfish Word Search — Medium

Play a free online Fish & Shellfish word search puzzle. Difficulty: Medium. Find all 12 hidden words on the 11×11 grid below.

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Fish & Shellfish word list, defined

ACALEPH /ˈæk.ə.lɛf/ · noun
A jellyfish; a free-swimming marine coelenterate of the former class Acalephae, having a gelatinous, typically umbrella-shaped body and stinging tentacles. Related: jellyfish, medusa, sea jelly.
ANCHOVY /ˈæn.tʃoʊ.vi/ (US); /ˈæn.tʃə.vi/ (UK) · noun
A small, silvery-green marine fish of the herring family (genus Engraulis), caught in the Mediterranean and elsewhere and usually eaten salted, cured, or packed in oil; also, a piece of this fish prepared as food. Related: sprat, sardine, pilchard, herring.
BLUECAP /ˈbluːkæp/ · noun
A bluecap is chiefly a British regional name for the blue tit, a small Eurasian songbird with a bright blue cap. In older Northern English and Scottish folklore it also denotes a helpful mine or household spirit. Related: bluetit, tomtit.
CATFISH /ˈkætfɪʃ/ · noun (also verb)
A scaleless, whiskered freshwater fish of the order Siluriformes, found on every continent; also, informally, a person who creates a false online identity to deceive others, especially in romantic contexts. Related: silurid.
CAVALLA /kəˈvælə/ · noun
A food and game fish of the jack family (Carangidae), Caranx hippos, found in warm Atlantic waters and known as the crevalle jack. Related: crevalle jack, jack, horse mackerel.
ALEWIFE /ˈeɪl.waɪf/ · noun
A North Atlantic river herring (Alosa pseudoharengus) that migrates into freshwater streams to spawn; historically, the term also denoted a woman who kept an alehouse. Related: river herring, sawbelly, branch herring.
BLOATER /ˈbləʊ.tər/ · noun
A bloater is a whole herring that has been lightly salted and cold-smoked without being gutted, giving it a soft texture and mild smoky flavour. It is a traditional British food, especially associated with the port of Great Yarmouth. Related: kipper, smoked herring, buckling, salted herring.
DART /dɑːrt/ (US), /dɑːt/ (UK) · noun, verb
A small pointed missile thrown by hand or fired from a weapon, or a sudden swift movement. As a verb, it means to move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction. Related: arrow, missile, bolt, spear.

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