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piscary

piscary

9.9
A place where people catch, clean, and sell fish
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪskəri/
  • Archaic
translation icon : piscifactoría
  • The small piscary near the river sells a variety of fish to the community.

Examples

  • In summer, many people flock to the piscary to catch fresh trout.

  • Sacrificing Salmon, supra note 12, at 256-71; Piscary Profit, supra note 18, at 462-89.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The family visited the local piscary to learn about sustainable fishing practices.

Synonyms

fishery
vspiscary
53 3.4

A place where people catch and prepare fish to sell

is a place that also handles fish but may not always sell them

How Commercial

fish farm
5 2.7
piscary
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

piscary singular
piscaries plural

Morphology

piscary = piscine (opaque) = pisc + ary

The suffix '-ary' indicates a place related to the root, but the specific meaning of a fishery is not immediately apparent.

Etymology

The word piscary comes from the Latin word piscis meaning 'fish' and the ending -ary, like in apiary which is a 'place for bees'. So a piscary is a 'place for fish', which explains why it means a fishery where fish are caught, processed, or sold.