Fish Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Fish Information and Meaning
See also BIOLOGY; ZOOLOGY
- anadromous
- a term describing fish that migrate upriver to spawn.
- catadromous
- a term describing fish that migrate downriver to spawn.
- halieutics
- 1. the activity of fishing.
- 2. a work on fishing. —halieutic, adj.
- ichthyism, ichthyismus
- a toxic condition caused by toxic fish roe.
- ichthyolatry
- the worship of fish or of fish-shaped idols.
- ichthyology
- 1. the branch of zoology that studies fishes.
- 2. a zoological treatise on fish. —ichthyologist, n. —ichthyological, adj.
- ichthyomancy
- a form of divination involving the heads or entrails of fish.
- ichthyomania
- an abnormal love of fish.
- ichthyophagy
- the practice of eating or subsisting on fish. —ichthyophagist, n. —ichthyophagous, adj.
- ichthyophobia
- 1. a ritual avoidance of fish, especially under the pressure of taboo.
- 2. an abnormal fear of fish.
- ichthyosis
- a dermatologie condition in which the skin resembles fish scales. —ichthyotic, adj.
- ichthyotomy
- the anatomical structure of fishes and its study. —ichthyotomist, n. —ichthyotomic, adj.
- piscary
- the right of one person to fish in waters belonging to another. See also LAW.
- piscatology
- Rare. the art or science of fishing.
- piscatorian, piscatorialist
- an angler or fisherman.
- pisciculture
- the breeding of fish, as a hobby or for scientific or commercial purposes. —pisciculturist, n. —piscicultural, adj.
- planktology, planktonology
- the branch of biology that studies plankton, especially as the sustenance of planktivorous fish.
- Waltonian
- 1. a keen angler or fisherman, after Izaak Walton (1593-1683), English author of The Compleat Angler.
- 2. an admirer of the works of Izaak Walton. —Waltonian, adj.