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Jesus fish
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English
thumb|The Jesus fish.
Noun
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en colloquial The ichthys, a symbol of a fish made from two intersecting curved lines, representing Christianity.
en 2011 Gene Helfman; Bruce Collette Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide Johns Hopkins University Press 9781421403441 132 https://books.google.com/books?id=gB0IzF0WgmUC&pg=PA132&dq=%22Jesus+fish%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Jesus%20fish%22&f=false The Jesus fish has become a symbol of modern Christianity, depicted on bumper stickers and jewelry to show that the owner is a Christian. The symbol has spawned a variety of spin-offs, and some argument, including the Darwin Fish, the gefilte fish, fish and chips, lutefisk, and Jesus fish eating Darwin fish.
See also
en Darwin fish
en eponyms
en Religion