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Webster 1913 Edition


Pisces

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Pis′ces

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Noun.
pl.
[L.
piscis
a fish.]
1.
(Astron.)
(a)
The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked ♓ in almanacs.
(b)
A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish.
2.
(Zool.)
The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pisces

PIS'CES

,
Noun.
plu.
[L. piscis.] In astronomy, the Fishes, the twelfth sign or constellation in the zodiac.