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piscatorial

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to fish or fishing.
  • adjective Involved in or dependent on fishing.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as piscatory.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to fish; piscine

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin piscātōrius, from piscātor, fisherman, from piscārī, to fish, from piscis, fish.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin piscātor ("fisherman"), from piscis ("fish").

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Examples

  • If the fisherman has the wit to put his (or her) bottles in the stream one presumes they have nearby for piscatorial endeavors, the Malt beverages need never be warm ...

    Fine Wine & Warm Beer 2009

  • If the fisherman has the wit to put his (or her) bottles in the stream one presumes they have nearby for piscatorial endeavors, the Malt beverages need never be warm ...

    Fine Wine & Warm Beer 2009

  • Can there be a better piscatorial lunch then a plate of the finest of the sea?

    Holy Grail of Sushi Lunch Specials Found at Hiroshi | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010

  • So crack open a cold Bud Light, and say "cheese," oh master of the piscatorial self-portrait, because you're all about grippin 'and grinnin' ... and even if Giselle Bundchen could fish, she'd have nothing on you.

    Real Men of Genius ... Mr. Tim Romano 2008

  • The only piscatorial medical knowledge one needs in regard to an ailing pet fish is a knack for estimating how many flushes it will take to send little Nemo down the toilet ...

    Fish Vet: Funny Or Stupid? Tim Romano 2008

  • Yes | No | Report from Visitor wrote 1 year 15 weeks ago piscatorial, no?

    Real Men of Genius ... Mr. Tim Romano 2008

  • Despite the fact that I am not a piscatorial person I've recently inherited a fishing diary (bound in red leather by Asprey & Co Ltd) that covers the decade 1933 to 1943.

    Country diary: North Derbyshire 2010

  • Yes | No | Report from bugg255 wrote 1 year 1 week ago woe unto thee that becomes addicted to piscatorial pursuits ... and i ain't kiddin 'niether great story and good pics

    Stripers on the Edge of Insanity 2008

  • Yes | No | Report from bugg255 wrote 51 weeks 5 days ago woe unto thee that becomes addicted to piscatorial pursuits ... and i ain't kiddin 'niether great story and good pics

    Stripers on the Edge of Insanity 2008

  • Phil is thinking about a galaxy, while Henry is going for something more piscatorial, in the best tradition of scientific tattoos.

    Here and There Sean 2009

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  • chained_bear commented on the word piscatorial

    "These piscatorial targets sometimes move at over thirty miles an hour, and I must hit a bull's eye of a few square inches."

    --Steven Callahan, Adrift, 209

    May 15, 2008

  • sarahatlee commented on the word piscatorial

    I think of piscatorial with a double meaning: of or pertaining to fish; of or pertaining to pictures of fish. (pictorial + pisc-)

    April 6, 2009