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Definition of Piscine
1. Adjective. Of or relating to fish.
Definition of Piscine
1. a. Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains.
Definition of Piscine
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piscine
1. pertaining to fish [adj]
Medical Definition of Piscine
1. Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a fish. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piscine
Literary usage of Piscine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"piscine modification. —• All vertebrates, during more or less of their developmental
life-period, float in a liquid of similar specific gravity to ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... (for various earlier papers by these authors, reference should be made to the
CR Ac. Sei. and CR Soc. Bio/, for previous years); C. Lebailly (On piscine ..."
3. Natural History, Lore and Legend: Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By by Frederick Edward Hulme (1895)
"We turn in conclusion to forms reptilian and piscine, and to " such small deer"
as may call for a parting word or two in drawing our labours to a close; ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1875)
"The piscine is in every respect a most comfortable bath, and very superior, in
my opinion, to the bain. It is a very fine swimming bath, ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"There is another piscine in the south wall of the church, also in excellent
preservation, but not so finely carved as the one next to the altar. ..."
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