English

Adjective

piscatory ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, Twelfth Century

     The Ribble and the Aire roll down, as yet unpolluted by dyers' chemistry; tenanted by merry trouts and piscatory otters.

2. Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 4,

     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.

Synonyms

• piscatorial

Related terms

• piscatory ring

References

• “piscatory” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.