adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes
- of or relating to a piscina (a basin or pool in a church)
Usage: formal or technical; rare in everyday usage
Usage: ecclesiastical; archaic
Examples
- The piscinal characteristics of the creature made it well-suited to aquatic life.
- Medieval churches often featured a piscinal basin for ritual ablutions.
- Scientists studied the piscinal anatomy of various species.
- The piscinal features of the fossil suggested it was an early fish.
- The priest maintained the piscinal drain with care.