fishcam

English

Etymology

From fish +‎ cam.

Noun

fishcam (plural fishcams)

1. A webcam used to capture and publish images of fish.
   • 1997, Kevin Marlowe, Jeff Rowe, Microsoft Office 97 Internet developer's guide, page 39:

     We now have radio and TV broadcasts over the Web, fishcams, satellite weather maps, pictures of naked women, bulletin boards, database interfaces, Web search programs, and who knows what else?

   • 1999, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, volume 47, numbers 5-8, page 156:

     […] D. J. Riebesell […] chronicles his fishkeeping on the web and is an early adoptee of fishtank webcams. He has not one but two fishcams, one for a community tank and one for a tank of C. frontosa.

   • 2007, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Nick Fisher, The River Cottage Fish Book, page 590:

     The website has a fishcam, so you can look at your fish before you buy.