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Pisces
n. astrological sign of fish, twelfth sign of the Zodiac; large zodiacal constellation


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PISCES
PISCES (Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System) is a border control database system largely based on biometrics developed by Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. for the CIA. It is currently deployed in x countries, with financial and logistical supported by the United States Department of State Terrorist Interdiction Program.
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Pisces
Pisces is the Latin word for "fishes". It may refer to:Pisces (constellation), a constellationPisces (astrology), an astrological signFish (zoology), as an obsolete taxonomic termOZ-09MMS Pisces, a fictional mecha in the Gundam Wing animePisces Iscariot, an album by The Smashing PumpkinsPisces (comics), a Marvel Comics character
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Pisces
Noun
1. the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
(synonym) Pisces the Fishes, Fish
(hypernym) sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
(synonym) Fish
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(classification) astrology, star divination
3. a large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries
(hypernym) constellation
(part-holonym) zodiac
4. a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically
(hypernym) division
(member-holonym) Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata
(member-meronym) fish


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Pisces
(n. pl.)
The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs.
  
 
(n. pl.)
The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.
  
 
(n. pl.)
A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish.
  

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Pisces
Pisces The fishes; the twelfth sign of the zodiac, a watery, common or mutable sign; one of the houses of Jupiter; corresponding anatomically to the feet. This sign is the last of the circle, and consequently it again ushers in the first sign, Aries. It is Omega in the saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end." It signifies the conditions preceding the beginnings of rebirth, where the close of one cycle heralds the birth of the next. Its emblem is a pair of fishes; and mythology presents us with many stories of jewels or money cast into the sea and found again in the belly of a fish; the story of Jesus has one such; the story of Polycrates another. This sign is associated with deluges, world saviors, the dawn of a new cycle after closing of the old, and fishes and Jonahs, and similar symbols and allegories.
In the Hindu system it is Mina (fish or fishes), equivalent to the number 5, which may be taken to indicate the five exoterically recognized elements (pancha-mahabhutas). This sign also suggests particularly the cosmic element water -- i.e. space. In the Brahmanical zodiac Mina is presided over by Agni, the god of fire (12 SZ).
Some Christians have held that Jesus was born at the moment the sun entered the sign of Pisces, but the real time of his birth is unknown, and both the Hindus and ancient Babylonians also associated their Messiahs with fishes (SD 1:653). It is also associated with the man-fish, Dagon or Oannes; and one is reminded of ancient Christian iconology and teaching that the Savior Jesus was the big fish, and that Christians themselves were the little fishes.
Assigning the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew system to the twelve signs of the zodiac, Zebulon is ascribed to Pisces, he who dwells at the haven of the sea and is a shelter for ships.


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