piscatory

American  

[pis-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈpɪs kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

Also piscatorial

adjective

1. of or relating to fishermen or fishing.

   a piscatory treaty.

2. devoted to or dependent upon fishing.

   a piscatory people; piscatory birds.

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Etymology

Origin of piscatory

1625–35; < Latin piscātōrius, equivalent to piscā ( rī ) to fish ( see piscator) + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

The public's new appetite for Southern delicacies like deep-fried catfish is part of the reason for the piscatory success story.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of course the claim sometimes put forward for Sannazzaro, as the inventor of the piscatory eclogue, ignores various passages in Theocritus, notably the twenty-first Idyl, whence he presumably borrowed the idea.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

The first part of Belleau's Bergerie appeared in 1565, the complete work, including a piscatory poem, in 1572.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

At this particular point the piscatory effect is intensified by the dam just above Hampton Bridge.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various

The rejected portions, however, are not lost; for another animal, still hungrier than the bears, and less skilful in the piscatory art, is at this time also in search of a meal of fish.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist