ichthyic

American  

[ik-thee-ik] / ˈɪk θi ɪk /

adjective

1. piscine.

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ichthyic British  

/ ˈɪkθɪɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of fishes

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Etymology

Origin of ichthyic

First recorded in 1835–45, ichthyic is from the Greek word ichthyikós “fishy”; see origin at ichthy-, -ic

Example Sentences

Our Santa Rosans seemed to have little tact in fishing; still their spears and our hooks gathered not a few representatives of ichthyic life in the Napo.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

The state of keeping, too, in which the ichthyic remains of these alternating beds occur is always very different.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

This great river is a peculiar ichthyic province, and each part has its characteristics.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

It would almost seem as if some such law influenced the destiny of genera in this ichthyic class, as that which we find so often exemplified in our species.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

There are vertebrate animals of the second age of ichthyic existence, that, like the Pterichthys and Coccosteus, were furnished with but two limbs.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh