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piscicolous

piscicolous adjective: infecting or inhabiting fish.

Adjective

piscicolous (not comparable)

  1. (usually) Infecting or inhabiting fish.
    • Also the young stages of nematodes have been found in the coelom of this ophiuroid, believed by Mortensen (1927) to be young stages of some piscicolous nematode.1966, Richard A. Boolootián, Physiology of echinodermata

Origin of piscicolous

From pisci- + -colous.

Questions about piscicolous

What does piscicolous mean?
Piscicolous means infecting or inhabiting fish.
What part of speech is piscicolous?
Piscicolous is an adjective.

Words near piscicolous in the dictionary

  1. pisci-
  2. piscicapture
  3. piscicidal
  4. piscicide
  5. piscicides
  6. piscicolous
  7. piscicultural
  8. pisciculturally
  9. pisciculture
  10. piscicultures
  11. pisciculturist

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