Pisces
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A former group in science that included all fish and is no longer used
- noun
- /ˈpaɪsiːz/
- Archaic
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Pisces (término zoológico antiguo)
- Although Pisces is rarely used today, it once encompassed all types of fish.
Examples
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Scientists of the past used the term Pisces to describe vertebrates that live in water.
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Are these guys Pisces by any chance?
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In ancient classifications, Pisces referred to the group of vertebrates known as fish.
Compounds
kingdom of Pisces
- Literature
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A place in your mind where imagination and artistic feeling are strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pisces comes from the Latin piscis, 'fish'. In older biology books people used Pisces to mean the group of all fish, which is why the word appears in older texts even though modern science now uses other group names.