Dictionary

piscatory en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin piscātor (“fisherman”), from piscis (“fish”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
   • The Ribble and the Aire roll down, as yet unpolluted by dyers' chemistry; tenanted by merry trouts and piscatory otters. 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “5, "Twelfth Century"”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
   • 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, chapter 4, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

Relateds

piscatory ring

Synonyms

piscatorial

Translations (17)

mk ри́барски (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · ru рыболо́вный (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · hy ձկնորսական (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · da fiske- (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · ru рыболове́цкий (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · bg риболовен (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · sv fiske- (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · ru рыба́цкий (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · sv fiskar- (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · ru рыба́чий (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · el αλιευτικός (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · pl rybacki (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · it piscatorio (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · pt piscatório (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · fi kalastus- (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · ja 釣りの (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing) · mk риболо́вен (of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing)