Southern Fish

noun

, Astronomy.

1. the constellation Piscis Austrinus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Southern Fish¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Greg Bing, owner of AP Jones, a family clothing store in Cape Town’s southern Fish Hoek suburb, said years of power outages have had a “huge effect” on business.

From Washington Post

Asian carp were imported to the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s as an eco-friendly alternative to poisons for ridding southern fish farms and sewage lagoons of algae, weeds and parasites.

From Fox News

Fomalhaut is one of the brightest stars in the sky, located in the constellation Pisces Austrinus, the Southern Fish.

From Reuters

Invasive carp have been advancing north since escaping into the Mississippi River from southern fish farms in the 1970s.

From Washington Times

Asian carp were imported to the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s as an eco-friendly alternative to poisons for ridding southern fish farms and sewage lagoons of algae, weeds and parasites.

From Washington Post