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Meaning of fishlore | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The knowledge, stories, and traditions associated with angling or fishing.
    uncountable
  2. The knowledge, science, or study of fish; ichthyology.
    uncountable

Examples

“Another index renders all this fishlore at once accessible to the angler.”
“This is a ritual — a completely bogus ritual — staged mainly to amuse the locals, wherein gullible tourists are forced to recite some fishlore gibberish and drink a kick of rum (the infamous screech) and then kiss a cod, [...]”
“I have already mentioned that these fish seem capable of actually breathing atmospheric air, but what the eggs should want with air, and compressed air at that, I leave others better versed in fishlore to explain.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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