PISCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pisces mean? 

• PISCES (noun)
  The noun PISCES has 4 senses:

1. the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
3. a large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries
4. a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically

  Familiarity information: PISCES used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PISCES (noun)

Meaning:

The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Pisces; Pisces the Fishes; Fish

Instance hypernyms:

house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)

Meaning:

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pisces; Fish

Hypernyms ("Pisces" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain category:

astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)

Meaning:

A large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Holonyms ("Pisces" is a part of...):

zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)

Meaning:

A group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pisces" is a kind of...):

division ((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category)

Meronyms (members of "Pisces"):

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

Holonyms ("Pisces" is a member of...):

Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)