piscatory

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adjective

Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.

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OriginLatin piscātor →
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Meanings

adjectivepiscatory (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf 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 comparableOf 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

Synonyms & antonyms

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adjectiverelating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpiscātor“fisherman”
  2. Englishpiscatory

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

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Translations

Bulgarian риболовен
  • риболовен (riboloven)of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Danish fiske-
  • fiske-of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Finnish kalastus-
  • kalastus-of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Greek αλιευτικός
  • αλιευτικός (alieftikós)of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Italian piscatorio
  • piscatorioof, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Japanese 釣りの
  • 釣りの (tsuri no)of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Polish rybacki
  • rybackiof, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Portuguese piscatório
  • piscatórioof, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Russian рыба́цкий, рыболове́цкий
  • рыба́цкий (rybáckij)of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
  • рыболове́цкий (rybolovéckij)of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
  • рыболо́вный (rybolóvnyj)of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
  • рыба́чий (rybáčij)of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
Swedish fiskar-, fiske-
  • fiskar-of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
  • fiske-of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing
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APA

piscatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piscatory

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“piscatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piscatory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piscatory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piscatory.

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