spec. The head of a fish; hence (as a cut or dish), the head and shoulders of certain fish, as the salmon, sturgeon, and ling.

A strip of fish, esp. sturgeon. Obsolete.

The head and shoulders of a ling or (in early use) a sturgeon, as an item of food. Cf. jowl, n.3 2. Now rare (historical in later use).

The piece of anything forming its tail or end; the piece at the end. Also figurative.

(usually in plural) the swim bladder of a cod, especially when used as food; cf. sound, n.1 2.

Cookery. One of the thick slices into which a fish is easily divided; also, a thick slice of meat, tongue, etc.

the fin of a shark, considered a table delicacy by the Chinese.

the hinder quarters of a skate.

A thick slice (of cod, salmon, halibut, or hake).

A steak cut from a halibut.

= shark-fin n.; also in shark's fin soup n.

In Japanese cookery: the pale pink tuna meat taken from the belly of the fish near the pectoral fin, rich in fat and used esp. to make sushi or…