fishetarian

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English

Etymology

Blend of fish +‎ vegetarian

Noun

fishetarian (plural fishetarians)

  1. (informal) A pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
    • 2005, Michael Bywater, Lost Worlds, page 39:
      'Okay, we can't do monkfish for the fishetarians because it's not kosher, and the koshers won't eat red meat either, so cod will do for them []
    • 2006, Hana Schank, A More Perfect Union, page 82:
      Uncle Murray is on a very strict heart healthy diet. Katherine may be a fishetarian — she has some sort of ulcer-thing I think, because I know that eating much in the way of tomatoes is a no-no for her.