piscine

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

/ ˈpaɪ sin, ˈpɪs aɪn, -in, -ɪn /

adjective

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

Nearby words

pisces, pisci-, pisciculture, pisciform, piscina, piscine, piscis austrinus, piscivorous, pisco, pisgah, pish

Origin of piscine

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

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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST
Now, it is among these piscine characteristics that we find the clue to where Man got his ears.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1893|Various
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

There seems no reason to doubt that modern fish, as a whole, quite equal in size the piscine fauna of any previous geological age.
Falling in Love|Grant Allen
I learned that she had been suffering from a severe internal malady, and that she had been cured instantaneously in the piscine.
Lourdes|Robert Hugh Benson

British Dictionary definitions for piscine

piscine

/ (ˈpɪsaɪn) /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a fish

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Word Origin and History for piscine

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.

Science definitions for piscine

piscine

[ pī′sēn′, pĭs′īn′ ]

Relating to or characteristic of fishes.