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pescatarian

UK/ˌpɛskəˈtɛːɹɪən/

pescatarian is the alternative form of pescetarian.

Meaning of pescetarian

Noun

pescetarian (plural pescetarians)

  1. A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood.
    • I'm curious what you do when you encounter a friend, family member, whoever who claims to be a "vegetarian who eats fish". It *really* bothers me when this happens because it contributes to the assumption that I eat fish and I don't, because I am a vegetarian. I feel like it gives all vegetarians a...1999 March 26, Jessica R. Shawl, “‘Vegetarians’???”, in rec.food.veg (Usenet), message-ID <36FBD2DB.8237C15@scdt.intel.com>

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Forms of pescatarian

pluralpescatarians

Questions about pescatarian

What is pescatarian the alternative form of?
Pescatarian is the alternative form of pescetarian.
How do you pronounce pescatarian?
Pescatarian is pronounced /ˌpɛskəˈtɛːɹɪən/ (UK).

Words near pescatarian in the dictionary

  1. Pescadero
  2. Pescadore
  3. Pescadores
  4. Pescara
  5. Pescaria
  6. pescatarian
  7. pescatarianism
  8. pescatarians
  9. Pescatore
  10. Pescatores
  11. pescatorio

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pescatarian (page history and authors); pescetarian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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