单词 | piscatology |
释义 | piscatologyn. The study or practice of fishing. Also: ichthyology. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > [noun] > art or treatise fish-craft1480 halieutics1646 piscatology1859 1859 F. S. Cozzens Acadia xiii. 235 Where are the familiar faces?.. Where the party of salmon-fishermen, the Solomons of piscatology? 1867 L. H. Atwater Elem. Logic 217 Thus Ornithology, Piscatology, &c., under Zoology. 1933 ‘L. Luard’ All Hands 19 Piscatology and intensive piscicapture. 1999 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 22 Apr. I1 For those not versed in piscatology, a gar is a freshwater fish with a long, beaklike snout. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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