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Definition of Pisces
1. Noun. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20.
Generic synonyms: House, Mansion, Planetary House, Sign, Sign Of The Zodiac, Star Sign
2. Noun. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Category relationships: Astrology, Star Divination
3. Noun. A large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries.
4. Noun. A group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically.
Member holonyms: Fish
Generic synonyms: Division
Definition of Pisces
1. n. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked &pisces; in almanacs.
Definition of Pisces
1. Proper noun. (zodiac constellations): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a pair of fish. ¹
2. Proper noun. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the fish, ruled by Neptune and covering February 20–March 20. ¹
3. Noun. Someone with a Pisces star sign ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pisces
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Literary usage of Pisces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"The existing rep class Pisces may be conveniently divided inti ... Pisces. a.
Gills not free, being attached to the skin by the outf and large, ..."
2. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"THE class Pisces, or true Fishes, are not, as many would imagine, ... While the
possession of paired fins discriminates Pisces from the lower Vertebrata, ..."
3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Pisces THE Pisces are the true fishes. The class includes the common fishes and
the lung-fishes. They are aquatic animals and are, therefore, ..."
4. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"Pisces. The Pisces, including the cartilaginous Fishes, the bony Fishes, and the
Dipnoi, are Craniata which have the organs both of respiration and of ..."
5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Eastman, C[harles] R[ochester]. 99. Pisces. Miocene. Jordan, David Starr. 191.
Note« on fishes collected in the Tortugas archipelago. Smith, HM 317. ..."
6. Astronomy with the Naked Eye: A New Geography of the Heavens, with by Garrett Putman Serviss (1908)
"The vernal equinox, or the point where the sun crosses the equator coming northward
in the spring, is situated in Pisces. This is the "Greenwich of the sky ..."
7. Astronomy with the Naked Eye: A New Geography of the Heavens, with by Garrett Putman Serviss (1908)
"The vernal equinox, or the point where the sun crosses the equator coming northward
in the spring, is situated in Pisces. This is the " Greenwich of the sky ..."
8. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1882)
"Pisces. (The True Fishes.) Skeleton bony or cartilaginous. Skull with sutures;
a lower jaw present: membrane bones developed in connection with the skull; ..."