pikkukala — meaning in English

English meaning

• fishy adj Tasting, smelling, or resembling fish.
• fry verb To cook food in hot oil or fat.
• guppy noun A small, colourful freshwater fish popular in home aquariums.
• minnow noun Any of several small freshwater fish, especially the common minnow found in European streams.

Senses

pikkukala is used for these senses in English:

• fishy (childish) .
• fry Young fish; fishlings.
• guppy (by extension) Any tiny fish.
• minnow Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae; also (chiefly, US) , other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.
• small fry One or more small or immature fish.

fishy — full definition

1. adj Tasting, smelling, or resembling fish.
2. adj Suspicious; seeming dishonest or not quite right.

fry — full definition

1. verb To cook food in hot oil or fat.
2. verb To damage or destroy something, especially electronics, through excessive heat or electric current (informal).
3. noun A thin strip of fried potato (usually plural: fries).
4. noun Young or newly hatched fish.

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