English
Etymology
From Latin pisc�tor, fisherman, from Latin piscis, fish.
Adjective
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- Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
#*1866, w:Anthony_Trollope|Anthony Trollope, The Claverings, ch 41,
#*:There should be no plea put in by him in his absences, that he had only gone to catch a few fish, when his intentions had been other than piscatorial.
- Of or pertaining to fish; piscine
#*2005, "Mercedes goes back to nature for dynamic inspiration", Times Online, London, 25 Nov (retrieved 2 July 2007),
#*:The tropical boxfish may not look the sleekest or sexiest of piscatorial creatures, but the Mercedes team knew better.
#*2007, "Atlantic salmon:Ruler of the river", The Economist, London, 19 Dec (retrieved 24 Dec 2007),
#*:There are dozens of photographs, but it is not the piscatorial pornography that makes this book so exciting so much as the stories Mr Buller has unearthed.
Synonyms
piscatory
References
R:Dictionary.com|piscatorial
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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