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Piscatory

Piscatorial \Pis`ca*to"ri*al\, Piscatory \Pis"ca*to*ry\, a. [L. piscatorius, fr. piscator a fisherman, fr. piscari to fish, fr. piscis a fish. See Fish the animal.] Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing.
--Addison.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
piscatory

1630s, from Latin piscatorius "of fishermen," from piscator "fisherman," from piscari "to fish," from pisces "a fish" (see fish (n.)).

Wiktionary
piscatory

a. 1 Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing. 2 Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.

WordNet
piscatory

adj. relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing; "a piscatory life" [syn: piscatorial]

Usage examples of "piscatory".

The salmon, which are the prime fish of the Columbia, and as important to the piscatory tribes as are the buffaloes to the hunters of the prairies, do not enter the river until towards the latter part of May, from which time, until the middle of August, they abound and are taken in vast quantities, either with the spear or seine, and mostly in shallow water.