first installment. [earnest], handsel.

first principles. rudiments, principia.

first produce or offspring. firstling.

first-rate, a. [excellent], first-class.

fish, n. fry, alevin (young fish); ichthyolite, monilife, (fossil fish). See fishes.

fish, v. [angle], trawl, troll; poach (fish unlawfully).

fish eggs. [spawn], [roe].

fisherman, n. fisher, piscator, angler.

fishes, n. pl. Pisces; Piscifauna (fishes of a region), Associated words: ichthyology, ichthyologist, ichthyophagy, ichthyophagist, ichthyography, ichthyolatry, piscatology, pisciculturist, piscary, piscine, [shoal], kench, [minnow], aquarium, piscivorous, piscatorial, warren, [spawn], cauf, creel, kibblings, [bait], pisciform, piscinal.

fish culture. pisciculture.