AskOxford: How do you describe a person who does not eat meat, but eats fish?

AskOxford: How do you describe a person who does not eat meat, but eats fish?: "How do you describe a person who does not eat meat, but eats fish?

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The word demi-vegetarian appears in our file with the sense 'a person who eats fish but not meat', but this is not obvious as the meaning of the term, and some self-styled 'demi-vegetarians' may eat poultry and avoid only red meat.

The invented terms pesco-vegetarian and pescatarian are increasingly common, and clearer in meaning. The most practical option is usually to state a person's eating preferences in an explicit phrase."