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

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

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

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

These fishes, which preceded the appearance of reptiles, present a combination of ichthyic and reptilian characters not to be found in the true members of this class, which form its bulk at present.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various