fishkill

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noun

An environmental event in which fish are killed.

OriginDutch Viskil →
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Meanings

fishkill1

nounfishkill (plural fishkills)

plural fishkills

  1. An environmental event in which fish are killed.

    Fishkills, with some exceptions, result from low dissolved oxygen conditions accompanying the decomposition of organic materials[…]

    1978, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 650/3, volume 3, page 11

Fishkill2

proper noun
  1. A town and village therein, in Dutchess County, New York, United States.

Origin

fishkill · noun

From fish + kill.

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Fishkill · proper noun

  1. DutchViskil
  2. EnglishFishkill

From Dutch Viskil, composed of vis (“fish”) + kil (“creek”), modified or calqued based on the English cognates fish and (Dutch-origin) kill.

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