Definition of Pisces the Fishes

1. Noun. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20.

Exact synonyms: Fish, Pisces
Generic synonyms: House, Mansion, Planetary House, Sign, Sign Of The Zodiac, Star Sign

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pisces The Fishes

Pirie's bone
Pirogoff's amputation
Pirogoff's angle
Pirogoff's triangle
Pirojpur District
Piroplasma
Pirquet's index
Pirquet's reaction
Pirquet's test
Piræus
Pisa
Pisaster
Piscean
Pisceans
Pisces
Pisces the Fishes (current term)
Piscidia
Piscidia erythrina
Piscidia piscipula
Piscis Australis
Piscis Austrinus
Pisgah
Pisidia
Pisistratus
Pisonia
Pisonia aculeata
Pistacia terebinthus
Pistacia vera
Pistia stratiotes

Literary usage of Pisces the Fishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Class PISCES. The Fishes. The North Carolina representatives of this class fall into 2 easily recognized groups or sub-classes, (1) the sharks, skates, ..."

2. Uranography: Or, A Description of the Heavens; Designed for Academics and by Ezra Otis Kendall (1845)
"PISCES—The Fishes. The two fishes are connected by a band; the one lies between Pegasus and Aquarius, and the other between Aries and the head of Andromeda. ..."

3. The Stars in Song and Legend by Jermain Gildersleeve Porter (1901)
"PISCES, THE FISHES Sunset and evening star. TENNYSON— Crossing the Bar. THE zodiacal constellation Pisces consists of two fishes, quite widely separated, ..."

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