Fishlore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fishlore is a noun meaning The knowledge, stories, and traditions associated with angling or fishing.
Meaning
The knowledge, stories, and traditions associated with angling or fishing.
More Meanings
- (puristic) The knowledge, science, or study of fish; ichthyology.
Example Sentences
Another index renders all this fishlore at once accessible to the angler.
I have already mentioned that these fish seem capable of actually breathing atmospheric air, but what the eggs should want with air, and compressed air at that, I leave others better versed in fishlore to explain.
This is a ritual — a completely bogus ritual — staged mainly to amuse the locals, wherein gullible tourists are forced to recite some fishlore gibberish and drink a kick of rum (the infamous screech) and then kiss a cod, [...]
Word Forms
- fish-lore
- fish lore
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fishermanship, piscatology, fishery, fishpole, flyfisher, fishing.
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