fishery

noun
/ˈfɪʃəɹi/

Etymology

From fish + -ery.

  1. inherited from *peysk- — “fish
  2. inherited from *fiskaz — “fish
  3. inherited from *fisk
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. formed as fishery — “fish + -ery

Definitions

  1. Fishing

    Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

  2. A place related to fishing

    • the collapse of the fisheries
    • While the present conservation of Maryland fisheries is largely concerned with the oyster, which promises such great future returns, the foodfishes should not be neglected.
    • This fishery, which at its peak produced more than 80,000 tons a year, is now in decline.
  3. A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A fishing company.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fishery. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fishery. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at fishery

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA