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

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

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

Then came an age of fishes huge of size, and that to the peculiar ichthyic organization added certain well-marked characteristics of the reptilian class immediately above them.

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh

And not less wonderful is the conclusion at which Agassiz has arrived, after a survey of the geologic existences, more extended and minute, in at least the ichthyic department, than that of any other man.

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