halieutics

English

Alternative forms

• halieuticks (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin halieuticus ("halieutic, of or about fishing"), from Ancient Greek ἁλιευτικός (halieutikós) (alieutikós, "of or about fishermen"), from ἁλιεύς (halieús, “fisherman”).

Noun

halieutics (uncountable)

1. (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
2. (rare) The art or practice of fishing.

See also

• halieutic (adjective)
• ichthyology

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “halieutics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)