fishet

English

Etymology

From fish +‎ -et.

Noun

fishet (plural fishets)

1. (rare) A young or small fish.

   Synonyms: fishling, fishlet

   • 1867 August 24, “Town Talk”, in Fun, volume the fifth (new series), London: […] J. Alder, →OCLC, page 248, column 1:

     When they remembered how they came to be partakers of the banquet last year, they must have felt very unsafe until the little crisp fishets were crunched between their teeth.

References

• “fishet, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.