Meanings
plural fishsicles
- humorousinformalA cold or frozen fish.
Fish can swim in the icy waters without turning into fishsicles because many of them make chemicals that keep their blood from freezing.
2008, Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, & Laura Silverstein Nunn, Adaptation, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 512 more examples
This would certainly be a perfect time to replace it [your aquarium's heater] — if something goes wrong you'll either have fishsicles or bouillabaisse.
1994, Aquarium Fish Magazine, volume 7, number 3, page 8[…] The ice boat had carried them home with their baskets of fish. Elsa froze the fish and snuck them into the kitchens. "Fishsicles!" five-year-old Anna shouted in delight.
2015, Memory and Magic, Disney Press, →ISBN
Origin
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