PISCATORY


Meaning of PISCATORY in English

/pis"keuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.

2. devoted to or dependent upon fishing: a piscatory people; piscatory birds.

Also, piscatorial /pis'keuh tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/ .

[ 1625-35; piscatorius, equiv. to pisca ( ri ) to fish (see PISCATOR) + -torius -TORY 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .