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Meanings of small fishes in English

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Usage of small fishes in English
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Silver bass live in large schools and feed on small fishes and crustaceans.
Learning the bash shell, 3rd edition
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The captain said that this streak was caused by a shoal of small fishes.
A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
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An entire school of small fishes leaped out of the water as our boat passed.
Conquest of the Useless
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Have you read that tale recently about the five loaves and the two small fishes?
The Irish Times
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Sharks are always accompanied by small fishes, to which they abandon the crumbs they disdain.
Other People's Money
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It is said that the larvæ of some dragon flies even eat pollywogs and small fishes.
The Insect Folk
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Immediately beneath this cupola stands a large marble basin, in which small fishes swim merrily about.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
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When they had been made to fast a long time, they killed small fishes put into the tub.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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Frogs, even small fishes around me.
Conquest of the Useless
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There was no food for the people to eat, except five small loaves of bread and two small fishes.
Light On the Child's Path
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And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.
His Life: A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels
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This species is found in the marshes or rivers of warm climates, where they prey upon small fishes and frogs.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
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I am not going to put any mystical and mediæval interpretation on the seven loaves, or the two small fishes.
Town and Country Sermons
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To his astonishment, Madden saw the commotion was caused by millions of small fishes leaping and running along the surface.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
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Afterwards going to examine the bones, he found them all changed into a vast number of great and small fishes.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
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These things are more obvious in the colder animals, such as toads, frogs, serpents, small fishes, crabs, shrimps, snails, and shell-fish.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 / Scientific Papers (Physiology, ...
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