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piscatory


adjective

  1. of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
  2. devoted to or dependent upon fishing: a piscatory people; piscatory birds.

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

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