piscine

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

adjective

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

Origin of piscine

1790–1800; < Latin piscīnus, equivalent to pisc(is) fish + -īnus -ine¹

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Examples from the Web for piscine

Contemporary Examples of piscine

In recent years, the piscine darling has helped secure the Scandinavian country favorable trade and tourism agreements with China.
The Surprising Reasons the Chinese Love the Little Mermaid
Chantel Tattoli
August 25, 2013

Historical Examples of piscine

He leaned forward and fixed the tabletop with a piscine stare.
Cue for Quiet
Thomas L. Sherred
Possibly there was a certain suggestion of the piscine, sir.
Right Ho, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
The tears of the young man in the piscine were the only tears of sorrow I saw at Lourdes.
Lourdes
Robert Hugh Benson
Most of the species are entozoal; but many adhere to the surface of the body of piscine hosts.
Parasites
T. Spencer Cobbold
That morning in the piscine she had found herself able to walk properly though her heels were tender from disuse.
Lourdes
Robert Hugh Benson

British Dictionary definitions for piscine

piscine

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a fish

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Word Origin and History for piscine

c.1300, "reservoir, bathing pool," from Old French piscine "fishpond," from Latin piscina, from piscis "a fish" (see fish (n.)). Ecclesiastical sense is from late 15c., from Medieval Latin piscina. As an adjective from 1799.

piscine in Science

piscine

[pī′sēn′, pĭs′īn′]

Relating to or characteristic of fishes.