Definition of "shoals" [shoals]

• Plural form of shoal. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shoal. (verb)

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• "Large ships also lack the ability to operate close the the shore and in shoals or deltas when necessary, as well as not having providing the tactical ability to flush out smaller crafts."
• "Marilyn sez, "In an experiment at the U. of Padua last year, female mosquito fish preferred to join shoals that were larger by just one fish, 'preferring shoals of four fish rather than three fish, and consistently preferring shoals of three fish over those containing just two.'""
• "Throughout the following century, revolutionaries of all stripes would be buffeted against the twin shoals of optimism and disillusionment."