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)

Sense 1

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:

Fish; Pisces; Pisces the Fishes

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Fish; Pisces

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)

Sense 3

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)

Sense 4

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)

 Context examples 

The fact that Mercury, planet of communication, will retrograde in your own sign of Pisces indicates this retrograde might affect you more than most.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Known as WASP-76b, it is located some 640 light-years away in the constellation of Pisces.

(ESO Telescope Observes Exoplanet Where It Rains Iron, ESO)

Located 750 light years away in the constellation of Pisces, SDSS J0104+1535 is made of gas that is around 250 times purer than the Sun, so consists of more than 99.99% hydrogen and helium.

(Astronomers Identify Purest, Most Massive Brown Dwarf, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

On the same day that Mars leaves your professional sector, February 16, Mercury will start to retrograde in Pisces, from February 16 to March 9.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For any new moon in Pisces, Neptune’s position is important to note, for Neptune rules Pisces.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your biggest moment of the year will come just after the new moon in Pisces on February 23, and this time, your career will be given an even bigger boost.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

What is important to you, dear Pisces?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In the first week of the month from February 1 to 7, Venus will be in Pisces.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Venus is considered exalted in Pisces, reaching its highest form of beauty.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Venus, the love-me/kiss-me planet, will be in Pisces until February 7.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)