kil|li|fish

kil|li|fish
kil|li|fish «KIHL ih FIHSH», noun, plural -fish|es or (collectively) -fish.
any one of various small fishes found in shallow, fresh, brackish, or salt water in North America and used as bait.
[probably < Dutch kille, earlier form of kil stream, kill]

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