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Ancistrodon piscivorusWater moccasin Wa"ter moc"ca*sin (Zo["o]l.)
A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus)
allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives
in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes.
Called also water snake, water adder, water viper. Concupiscible
Concupiscible Con*cu`pis*ci*ble, a. [Cf. F. concupiscible.]
1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence;
provoking lustful desires. --Shak.
2. Exciting desire, good or evil.
The schools reduce all the passions to these two
heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite.
--South.
Concupiscibleness
Concupiscibleness Con*cu"pis*ci*ble*ness, n.
The state of being concupiscible. [Obs.]
Piscicapture
Piscicapture Pis"ci*cap`ture, n.
Capture of fishes, as by angling. [R.] --W. H. Russell.
Piscicultural
Piscicultural Pis`ci*cul"tur*al, a.
Relating to pisciculture.
PisciculturePisciculture Pis`ci*cul"ture, n. [L. piscis a fish + E.
culture.]
Fish culture. See under Fish. Pisciculturist
Pisciculturist Pis`ci*cul"tur*ist, n.
One who breeds fish.
Piscidia erythrinaDogwood Dog"wood` (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers
(dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See Dag, and Dagger.]
(Bot.)
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many
purposes.
Note: There are several species, one of which, Cornus
mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red
acid berry. C. florida is the flowering dogwood, a
small American tree with very showy blossoms.
Dogwood tree.
(a) The dogwood or Cornus.
(b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in
Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also
Jamaica dogwood. Pisciform
Pisciform Pis"ci*form, a. [L. piscis fish + -form.]
Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish.
Piscina
Piscina Pis*ci"na, n. [L., a certain, fishpond, fr. piscis a
fish.] (Arch.)
A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin
for rinsing altar vessels.
Piscinal
Piscinal Pis"ci*nal, a. [L. piscinalis: cf. F. piscinal.]
Belonging to a fishpond or a piscina.
Piscine
Piscine Pis"cine, a. [L. piscis a fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains.
Piscis AustralisSouthern South"ern (?; 277), a. [AS. s??ern. See South.]
Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding
from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern
hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in
position as to resemble a cross.
Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern
hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star
Fomalhaut.
Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the
American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio
River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the
Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed
as one of the Southern States. Piscivorous
Piscivorous Pis*civ"o*rous, a. [L. piscis a fish + vorare to
devour: cf. F. piscivore.] (Zo["o]l.)
Feeding or subsisting on fish.
Vesica piscisVesica Ve*si"ca, n. [L.]
A bladder.
Vesica piscis. [L., dish bladder.] (Eccl. Art) A glory, or
aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles
usually represented as surrounding a divine personage.
More rarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing
a glory; a solid oval, etc.
Meaning of Pisci from wikipedia
- The
vesica piscis is a type of lens, a
mathematical shape formed by the
intersection of two
disks with the same radius,
intersecting in such a way that...
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Piscis Austrinus is a
constellation in the
southern celestial hemisphere. The name is
Latin for "the
southern fish", in
contrast with the
larger constellation...
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constellation of
Piscis Austrinus, the
Southern Fish, and one of the
brightest stars in the
night sky. It has the
Bayer designation Alpha
Piscis Austrini, which...
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Aspergillus pisci is a
species of
fungus in the
genus Aspergillus. "Aspergillus
pisci". www.westerdijkinstitute.nl. Samson, R.A.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken...
- Vox
Piscis, or The Book-Fish,
contayning three treatises which were
found in the
belly of a cod-fish in
Cambridge market, on
Midsummer Eve last is a book...
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Comamonas piscis is a Gram-negative,
obligately aerobic and non-motile
bacterium from the
genus Comamonas which has been
isolated from the
intestine of...
- Tau
Piscis Austrini (τ
Piscis Austrini) is a solitary, yellow-white hued star in the
southern constellation of
Piscis Austrinus. It is
visible to the...
- 4 Jul – 14 Jul 10 Jul 107.5 22.7 +15 61 5
medium C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)
Piscis Austrinids 15 Jul – 10 Aug 28 Jul 125 22.7 −25 35 5
faint undiscovered (short...
- Pi
Piscis Austrini,
Latinized from π
Piscis Austrini, is
binary star
system in the
southern constellation of
Piscis Austrinus, near the
eastern constellation...
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represents a
flying fish; its name is a
shortened form of its
original name,
Piscis Volans.
Volans was one of
twelve constellations created by
Petrus Plancius...
