Neither fish nor flesh

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neither one thing nor the other.

See also: Fish

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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indeterminateness

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THE Stone Roses' Second Coming (1994), De La Soul: De La Soul is Dead (1991), Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Liverpool (1986), A-ha: Scoundrel Days (1986), Terence Trent D'arby: Neither Fish nor Flesh (1989).

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"Neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring" is a phrase sometimes used to describe the unclassifiable.