pisciculturist (pis i kultur ist)

[ Piscidia (pi-sid'i-ä), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1737), wood, yellowish-brown in color and taking a high polish, used in its native region for boat-building, firewood, and charcoal. (For the use of its powdered leaves and twigs to stupefy fish, see fish - poison.) Its gray or brown acrid properties. bark is imported into the United States for its narcotic piscifactory (pis'i-fak-to-ri), n. [L. piscis, fish, + E. factory.] A place where pisciculture is carried on. [Rare.] The establishment in 1850 at Huningue (Hüningen) in Alsace by the French Government of the first fish-breeding station, or piscifactory , as it was named by Profe or Coste, is of great significance. Encyc . Brit ., XIX. 128. piscifauna (pis'i-fa-nä), n . [ piscis , fish, + NL. fauna : see fauna .] The fauna of any region or country, in so far as it is composed of fishes: correlated with avifauna . See fauna . pisciform (pis'i-fôrm), a . [= F. pisciforme , piscis , fish, + form a , form.] Having the form of a fish; like a fish in shape; technically, fish-like in structure or affinities; ichthyopsidan; ichthyomorphic. fish: see fish1.] Pertaining in any way to fish or fishes; ichthyic: as, piscine remains; piscine affinities. Piscis A us trin us (pis'is âs-trīnus). [NL.: L. piscis, fish; a us trin us, southern: see a us trine.] An ancient southern constellation, the Southern Fish. It contains the 1.3 magnitude star Fomal Fomalhaut The Constellation Piscis A us trin us. haut, which is 30 degrees south of the equator, and is in opposition on the 3d of September. The figure represents a fish which swallows the water poured out of the vase by Aquarius. Piscis Volans (pis'is võʻlanz). [NL.: L. piscis, fish; volans, flying: see volant.] The Flying Fish, one of the southern constellations introduced by The odor i, or Keyser, at the end of the sixteenth century. It is situated west of the star ẞ Argus, and contains two stars of the fourth magnitude. Also called Volans. piscivorous (pi-siv'ō-rus), a. [= F. piscivore = Pg. It. piscivoro, Ray , Works of Creation. pisé (pē-zā′), n . [F., piser , build in pisé, pisere , pinsere , beat, pound, bray, crush.] In arch ., stiff earth or clay, as used to form walls