What's the difference between finfish and fish?

Finfish


Definition:

  • (n.) A finback whale.
  • (n.) True fish, as distinguished from shellfish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The finfish livers and entrails were macerated in a Duall tissue grinder containing acetonitrile followed by partitioning of the Kepone into benzene.
  • (2) Results of this study are consistent with other available data for Atlantic Coast finfish.
  • (3) Included are overall production figures for finfish production in the most important producing countries of Europe.
  • (4) The most prominent fatty acids occurring in finfish are palmitic (C16:0), C18:1 (in some species C20:1 and C22:1), and the highly polyunsaturated C20:5 and C22:6.
  • (5) Certain finfish species living in chemically polluted environments exhibit a high incidence of gastrointestinal tract tumors.
  • (6) Most of the vitamin and mineral requirements are available for channel catfish and salmonids, and some are available for common carp, tilapia, eel, and other finfish and crustaceans.
  • (7) The presence of Aeromonas in drinking water, as well as in river and saline waters and on various finfish and shellfish taken from them, has caused some concern relative to the role this bacterium plays as a causative agent of human gastroenteritis.
  • (8) In individual foods, the highest levels were found in fish, with a mean level of about 1.5 ppm (as As(2)O(3)) in the edible portion of finfish.
  • (9) The substrata investigated and for which residue methodology was developed included river sediment, soil, water, shellfish, and finfish.
  • (10) Different species of finfish contained only trace amounts of Cd (0.02-0.08), Ag (less than 0.01-0.3), Pb (less than 0.2-0.5), and As (less than 0.1-0.3) mg kg(-1).
  • (11) The general nutritional value of finfish is discussed.
  • (12) Two measures of polyunsaturation are presented for some commercially important domestic finfish: the total amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PFA) and the relative degree of polyunsaturation (PI).
  • (13) This article describes some of the recently developed methodology for Kepone in air filters, finfish, finfish livers and entrails, shellfish, and archival oyster samples.
  • (14) Levels of seven heavy metal residues, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury and zinc were monitored in samples of various species of finfish harvested from the Maryland section of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries over a two year period (1978-79).
  • (15) Finfish, shellfish, and crustacean samples are extracted with isopropanol and benzene; the extract is filtered and then concentrated.
  • (16) A number of samples of finfish gonad and liver tissue were analyzed to study the relative level of preconcentration of heavy metals in these tissues compared to the edible (flesh) portion.
  • (17) Results of the analysis of the edible portions of these finfish are presented along with the species of finfish, date and location of harvest.
  • (18) The approximate limits of quantitation for finfish and for shellfish and crustaceans are 0.02 and 0.05 ppm, respectively, under the GLC conditions used in this study.
  • (19) Organochlorine pesticide and herbicide levels were monitored in samples of a variety of edible finfish harvested from the Maryland section of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries over a five-year period (1976-80).
  • (20) A recent study reported elevated levels of 1,2,8,9-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1,2,8,9-TCDD) in crustaceans and finfish collected from Newark Bay, New Jersey (Rappe et al., 1989).

Fish


Definition:

  • (n.) A counter, used in various games.
  • (pl. ) of Fish
  • (n.) A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  • (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
  • (n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  • (n.) The flesh of fish, used as food.
  • (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
  • (n.) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  • (v. i.) To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
  • (v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
  • (v. t.) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.
  • (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
  • (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.
  • (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Both the vitellogenesis and the GtH cell activity are restored in the fish exposed to short photoperiod if it is followed by a long photoperiod.
  • (2) Roadford Lake with over 730 acres for watersports, fishing and birdwatching plus paths and bridleways.
  • (3) External exposures to a contaminated fishing net and fishing boat are considered pathways for fishermen.
  • (4) Two fully matured specimens were collected from the blood vessel of two fish, Theragra chalcogramma, which was bought at the Emun market of Seoul in May, 1985.
  • (5) The telencephalon of teleost fish shows high affinity uptake for D-[3H]aspartate, intermediate levels of GABAergic markers and low levels of cholinergic enzymes.
  • (6) The authors present the first results on the utilization of fish infusion (IFP) as a basic medium for the cultivation of bacteria.
  • (7) In telecost fishes, the corpuscles of Stannius contain Bowie-stainable granules and a renin-like pressor substance.
  • (8) Fish were trained monocularly via the compressed or the normal visual field using an aversive classical conditioning model.
  • (9) Alternatively, try the Hawaii Fish O nights, every Friday from 26 July until the end of August, featuring a one-hour paddleboard lesson, followed by a fish-and-chip supper looking out over the waves you've just battled (£16.75).
  • (10) Small and medium fish swim up when stressed, whereas larger fish swim down.
  • (11) Macron hit back on Twitter, saying her proposals to take France out of the EU would destroy France’s fishing industry.
  • (12) Careless Herbicidal aerial spray of a field for weed control and defoliation of cotton before machine picking, resulted in the contamination of an adjoining reservoir, killing large volume of fish.
  • (13) The function of these triple cones can not be deduced from the behavior patterns of these fishes.
  • (14) Both fatty acid composition and the degree of lipid peroxidation were measured in this study in 23 OTC fish oil preparations.
  • (15) The possibility of mammalian mitochondria functioning in fish embryos has been studied.
  • (16) Instead, they say, we should only eat plenty of lean meat and fish, with fruit and raw vegetables on the side.
  • (17) The nerve endings in the heart of fishes were studied using silver impregnation techniques.
  • (18) As for fish attractiveness, motion, freshness, size, color and species were found as important parameters in the food-preference mechanism.
  • (19) Interest in the antithrombotic potential of diets enriched with fish oil-derived polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFAs) prompted us to examine how these fatty acids, when taken preoperatively, affect hemostasis, plasma lipid levels, and production of prostacyclin (PGI2) by vascular tissues in atherosclerotic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  • (20) The olfactory organs of fishes are diversely developed.

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