ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Halieutics

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Halieutics is a noun meaning (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing, especially in Ancient Rome.

Meaning

(literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing, especially in Ancient Rome.

More Meanings

  1. (rare) The art or practice of fishing.
  2. (archaic, religion) evangelization; the spreading of Christianity across the world.

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Related dictionary entries include fishing, ichthyopathology, homiletics, paideutics, hermeneutics, poetics.

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