piscine

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

adjective

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

piscine

/ ˈpɪsaɪn /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a fish

piscine

/ pī′sēn′,pĭs′īn′ /

1. Relating to or characteristic of fishes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of piscine¹

1790–1800; < Latin piscīnus, equivalent to pisc ( is ) fish + -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

To catch your piscine prize, consider an opportunity not offered at any other lake on this list: renting a 14-foot fishing boat either hourly or for the day.

From Los Angeles Times

Duckweed swirls in the fish tanks, cooling their piscine inhabitants.

From Seattle Times

An estimated 95% of escaped fish were infected with a variant of piscine orthoreovirus, which causes heart and skeletal inflammation, and had never before been documented in the Salish Sea.

From Seattle Times

Pinchin excels at evoking her piscine subjects, whose sickle-shaped tails beat nearly as fast as a hummingbird's wing.

From Salon

When fish first hits the grill, it will stick; that’s the nature of piscine protein.

From Seattle Times