Meanings
plural vegaquarians
- rareA vegetarian who eats fish.
She has various animals including a flockette of pet sheep that are thankful for her vegaquarian habits.
2014 November 28, Pure Slush, volume 113 more examples
Three years previously, at her insistence, the whole family had turned pescatarian or vegaquarian; call it what you will, we ate only fish and veges.
2008, Laura Solomon, Alternative Medicine, page 2I urge you to become a “vegaquarian” and mend your broken heart by following the Prevent a Second Heart Attack plant/fish protein philosophy.
2011, Janet Bond Brill, Prevent a Second Heart Attack: 8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Reverse Heart DiseaseI decided to continue to incorporate some meat, especially fish, into my diet on a semi-regular basis, thereby becoming what I describe as a “vegaquarian”—although all the cool kids are saying “flexitarian” these days.
2011, Charlotte Hilton Andersen, The Great Fitness Experiment: One Year of Trying Everything, page 135Synonyms: pescetarian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA vegetarian who eats fish.
Origin
Blend of vegetarian + aquarian or similar.
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