Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to ichthyology; related to ichthyology.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to ichthyology.

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  • adjective Of or belonging to ichthyology or ichthyic.
  • adjective The ichthyological attributes or characteristics (of an area), the fishes (of a region) as the objects of scientific study.

Etymologies

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From ichthyology +‎ -ic.

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Examples

  • After graduation Luke was offered a more responsible position at the Monterey Bay Aquarium doing work in the field of ichthyologic diseases unique to aquarium-maintained specimens.

    In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

  • After graduation Luke was offered a more responsible position at the Monterey Bay Aquarium doing work in the field of ichthyologic diseases unique to aquarium-maintained specimens.

    In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

  • And this is true of all living organisms from the lowest morphological cell, in the ichthyologic world, to the highest and lordliest conifer that grows.

    Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright

  • In the very scanty A. - S. ichthyologic nomenclature we possess, there is nothing to lead us to imagine that our Anglo-Saxon ancestors had any corresponding word for a salmon trout.

    Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850 Various

  • Additionally, wastewater spilled from production stations was dumped into the same superficial sources of water, thus altering the ichthyologic (fish) life of rivers.

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2008

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