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单词 piscose
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piscoseadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin piscōsus.
Etymology: < classical Latin piscōsus full of fish, in post-classical Latin also having a fishy smell (5th cent.) < piscis fish (see Pisces n. and adj.) + -ōsus -ose suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Of a taste: fishy.
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fishy1611
piscose1686
pisciform1814
fish-like1835–6
ichthyoid1855
fish-shaped1878
ichthyomorphic1879
1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 1043 The flesh of all those kinds [of duck] that feed wholly or chiefly upon fish properly so called, is of a Rank, ferine and piscose tast.
1717 T. Robinson Misc. Observ. Rome, Naples, & Other Countries 1714–16 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 29 481 The Monks and Fryers..eat some of those Sea Birds in Lent.., because they liv'd upon Fish, and had a piscose Taste.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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