piscine

[pahy-seen, pis-ahyn, -een, -in]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.

piscine

/ ˈpɪsaɪn /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a fish

piscine

1. Relating to or characteristic of fishes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of piscine¹

1790–1800; < Latin piscīnus, equivalent to pisc ( is ) fish + -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

To catch your piscine prize, consider an opportunity not offered at any other lake on this list: renting a 14-foot fishing boat either hourly or for the day.

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Duckweed swirls in the fish tanks, cooling their piscine inhabitants.

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An estimated 95% of escaped fish were infected with a variant of piscine orthoreovirus, which causes heart and skeletal inflammation, and had never before been documented in the Salish Sea.

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Pinchin excels at evoking her piscine subjects, whose sickle-shaped tails beat nearly as fast as a hummingbird's wing.

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When fish first hits the grill, it will stick; that’s the nature of piscine protein.

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