piscatory
Adjective
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Adjective
piscatory (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, Twelfth Century
- The Ribble and the Aire roll down, as yet unpolluted by dyers' chemistry; tenanted by merry trouts and piscatory otters.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, Twelfth Century
- Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 4,
- The air among the houses was of so strong a piscatory flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 4,
- Italian: piscatorio
- Russian: рыба́цкий
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