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| shoal [ shōl ] |
noun (plural shoals) |
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1. group of fish: a large group of fish or other sea animals swimming together
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2. group of people: a large group of similar people or things
 a shoal of reporters
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intransitive verb (past and past participle shoaled, present participle shoal·ing, 3rd person present singular shoals) |
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form shoal: to group together to form a shoal
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| [Late 16th century. < Middle Dutch scōle or Middle Low German schōle (see school2)] |
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