piscatory
Americanadjective
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of or relating to fishermen or fishing.
a piscatory treaty.
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devoted to or dependent upon fishing.
a piscatory people; piscatory birds.
Etymology
Origin of piscatory
1625–35; < Latin piscātōrius, equivalent to piscā ( rī ) to fish ( see piscator) + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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The public's new appetite for Southern delicacies like deep-fried catfish is part of the reason for the piscatory success story.
From Time Magazine Archive
All in the basket Tommy stow'd The piscatory spoil; Says Nobbs, "We've netted two at least, Albeit we've no toil."
From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 by Robert Seymour
This sally awakened the satire that ever lies ready in piscatory bosoms.
From Christie Johnstone by Charles Reade
If he had eels for breakfast, he would always contrive, by preserving and drying the skins, to save more than the original cost of these somewhat questionable members of the piscatory family.
From Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman by William L. (William Leete) Stone
As we were coming in in our boat, after a successful foray upon bass and sheepshead, we 'fell to meditate' upon various matters which were neither piscatory nor akin to it.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
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