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

But not a plate, spine, or scale, could I detect among their organisms, identical with the ichthyic remains of the Lias.

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

Above this gray tilestone formation lies the Upper Old Red Sandstone, with its peculiar group of ichthyic organisms, none of which seem specially identical with those of either the Caithness or the Forfarshire beds.

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

Associated with the earliest ichthyic remains of the Old Red Sandstone, we find vegetable organisms in such abundance, that they communicate often a fissile character to the stone in which they occur.

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