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I have read [this
link](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/23616/x-times-bigger-than)
which explains how to say that something is n-times as big as something else.
My sentence doesn't quite fit these patterns.

A fish has just been caught (no mention of size). The next sentence is:

> 岸辺を泳ぐ細長い魚の三倍はありそうなものだ。

So, I think it's supposed to be saying

> (the fish just caught) seems three times as large as the long, thin fish
> swimming along the river bank.

But there is no adjective in this sentence. So I don't really know if it's
bigger, smaller, fatter, or whatever. Is there a clue in the grammar I'm
missing that makes _bigger_ the obvious choice? Or, must I just infer it from
context (though, I don't think the context makes it particularly clear)?
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grammar
comparing quantities
When we say 「N倍{ばい} + はある/である/だ/です, etc.」 without explicitly describing the
**quality** that is being compared between the two objects (as to "N times as
**_what_** "), it is always implied that the quality in topic is the **_size
or amount in positive multiples_**.

Thus, 「3倍{ばい} + はある/である/だ/です, etc.」 means "3 times as big/large/much (as the
other one)".
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