Meanings
plural fishetarians
- informalA pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
'Okay, we can't do monkfish for the fishetarians because it's not kosher, and the koshers won't eat red meat either, so cod will do for them[…]
2005, Michael Bywater, Lost Worlds, page 391 more example
Uncle Murray is on a very strict heart healthy diet. Katherine may be a fishetarian — she has some sort of ulcer-thing I think, because I know that eating much in the way of tomatoes is a no-no for her.
2006, Hana Schank, A More Perfect Union, page 82
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Blend of fish + vegetarian.
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fishetarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishetarian
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