pescatarian

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A person who eats fish and other seafood but does not eat the meat of land animals or birds.

   Grammar: Countable: she is a pescatarian.

   Patterns

   • be a pescatarian
   • become a pescatarian

   My cousin is a pescatarian, so she ordered the grilled salmon.

   As a pescatarian, he avoids chicken and beef but eats shrimp.

   The restaurant offers choices for vegetarians and pescatarians.

2. 2adjectivecomparable

   Describing a diet or meal that includes fish and seafood but no other meat.

   Grammar: Used before a noun or after be: a pescatarian diet.

   Patterns

   • a pescatarian diet
   • pescatarian meals

   She follows a pescatarian diet for health reasons.

   The pescatarian menu includes sushi and fish soup.

   Many pescatarian recipes use tuna and vegetables.

Word forms

Common combinations

pescatarian diet

A pescatarian diet is rich in omega-3 fats.

become a pescatarian

He became a pescatarian after giving up red meat.

pescatarian meal

We cooked a pescatarian meal with baked cod.

strict pescatarian

She is a strict pescatarian who never eats poultry.

pescatarian option

The menu has one pescatarian option each night.

Synonyms and how they differ

pescetarian

Pescetarian is an alternative spelling with exactly the same meaning.

vegetarian

A vegetarian eats no fish at all, so a pescatarian is a vegetarian who also eats seafood only in a loose sense.

flexitarian

A flexitarian eats mostly plants but occasionally meat, while a pescatarian specifically eats fish and no other meat.

Opposites

Word family

pescatarianism noun

the practice of following a pescatarian diet

pescetarian noun

an alternative spelling of pescatarian

vegetarian noun

a person who eats no meat or fish

Commonly confused: pescatarian or vegetarian? pescatarian or vegan?

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