piscicolous

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adjective

Infecting or inhabiting fish.

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Meanings

adjectivepiscicolous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableusuallyInfecting or inhabiting fish.

    Also the young stages of nematodes have been found in the coelom of this ophiuroid, believed by Mortensen (1927) to be young stages of some piscicolous nematode.

    1966, Richard A. Boolootián, Physiology of echinodermata

Origin

From pisci- + -colous.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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