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  1. Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
    • 1843, w:Thomas_Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 5,
    • :The Ribble and the Aire roll down, as yet unpolluted by dyers' chemistry; tenanted by merry trouts and otters.
      1. Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
    • 1859, w:Charles_Dickens, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 4,
    • :The air among the houses was of so strong a flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it.
Etymology: From Latin piscÄtor, fisherman, from Latin piscis, fish.

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