noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A dietary choice in which a person, known as a pescetarian, eats any combination of vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans and fish or seafood, but not mammals or birds. Some animal products, such as eggs and dairy, may or may not be part of the diet. uncountable

Etymology

From pescetarian + -ism.

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