1) A cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrate, having gills, usually fins, and typically, an elongated body covered with scales; 2) to catch or attempt to catch said cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrate; 3) to search through or draw out, as by fishing; 4) either an endearment or racial slur used to designate an Aguatunesian empath, depending upon the relationship of user to empath, or the tone in which the appellation is voiced; 5) any one of three shuttlecraft owned by Hugo Award-winning author, Ronnie Lee Ellis, and attached to her private ship, the Red Herring.