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pisciform

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[pis-uh-fawrm, pahy-suh-] / ˈpɪs əˌfɔrm, ˈpaɪ sə- /

adjective

shaped like a fish.

Etymology

Origin of pisciform

First recorded in 1820–30; pisci- + form

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pisciform

DESCRIPTION.—Body pisciform, terminated by a horizontal fin with two lobes; colour slaty brown above, sometimes bluish black, whitish below.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale

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