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shoal::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | school |
| Type of | animal group |
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | shallow |
| Type of | water, body of water |
shoal::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | sandbank |
| Derivation | shoaly |
Examples of shoal
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Moments later we are surrounded by a shimmering shoal of orange and white fish.
From the mirror.co.uk
Last week's annual shindig drew Mischa Barton and a glittering shoal of models.
From the independent.co.uk
Below me glimmers a shoal of white and turquoise fish feeding on shallow coral.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Navigation was always hampered by the Northey Gravel shoal near Dog-in-a-Doublet.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As it moves out, a shoal of minnows is moving into Gabon to pick at the leftovers.
From the economist.com
Getting stuck on a shoal can be dangerous, especially if it is hit at a high speed.
From the charlotteobserver.com
China planted a monument on the shoal in 2010 declaring it Chinese territory.
From the timesunion.com
The tendency to shoal made them an easy target for commercial fisheries in the past.
From the sciencedaily.com
The pole and whip can reach the shoal and bags up best with the tide nearer to full.
From the edp24.co.uk
- Shallow: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"
- A sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
- A stretch of shallow water
- School: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"
- A shoal, sandbar (or just bar in context), or gravelbar is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles. A spit or sandspit is a type of shoal. ...
- In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons are said to be shoaling (pronounced), and if, in addition, the group is swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner, they are said to be schooling (pronounced). ...
- (The Shoals) The Shoals is a metropolitan area in northwestern Alabama, officially known as the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area, including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, and the counties of Lauderdale and Colbert. The population is around 143,000.
- A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow; To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area; To cause a shallowing; Shallow
- (Shoals) shallow areas in the bed of a river that disturb the flow.
