Definition/Meaning of ichthyomancy

• English - Noun: ichthyomancy ( uncountable ) Divination interpreting the appearance and behaviour of fish . A form of augury . Divination interpreting the entrails of fish . A form of aruspicy .
• English - Etymology: ichthyo- +‎ -mancy , from Ancient Greek ichthyo- stem from ichthys , a "fish".
• English - Alternative forms: ichyomancy icthiomancy icthyomancy ichthyonomancy
• English - Quotations: 1610 Vives in J . Healey Saint Augustine of the Citie of God Diuination generally was done by diuers means .. by fishes , Ichthyomancy (this Apuleius was charged with)... 1660 Urquhart translating Rabelais Gargantua &ast Pantagruel iii . xxv . By Icthiomancy , in ancient times so celebrated , and put in use by Tiresias and Polydamus, with the like certainty of event as was tried of old at the…