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pisces
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pisces has 4 senses
- pisces(n = noun.location) fish, pisces the fishes - the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20; Array is a kind of house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign
- pisces(n = noun.person) fish - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- pisces(n = noun.object) Array - a large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries; Array is a part of zodiac
- pisces(n = noun.animal) Array - a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically; Array is a member of craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata
is a kind of constellation
is a kind of division
CIDE DICTIONARY
pisces, n. pl. [L. piscis a fish.].
- The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked
1913 Webster] - The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pisces, n. (pl. same)
1 a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of fishes .
2 a the twelfth sign of the zodiac (the Fishes). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.
1 a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of fishes .
2 a the twelfth sign of the zodiac (the Fishes). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.
Derivative
Piscean n. & adj.
Etymology
ME f. L, pl. of piscis fish
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