- pa|le|ich|thy|ol|o|gy
- pa|le|ich|thy|ol|o|gy «PAY lee IHK thee OL uh jee, PAL ee-», noun.= paleoichthyology. (Cf. ↑paleoichthyology)
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ich´thy|ol´o|gist — ich|thy|ol|o|gy «IHK thee OL uh jee», noun. 1. the branch of zoology dealing with fishes. 2. a book about fishes. ╂[< Greek ichthys, ýos fish + English logy] –ich´thy|ol´o|gist, noun … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|ol|o|gy — «IHK thee OL uh jee», noun. 1. the branch of zoology dealing with fishes. 2. a book about fishes. ╂[< Greek ichthys, ýos fish + English logy] –ich´thy|ol´o|gist, noun … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|ic — «IHK thee ihk», adjective. of or characteristic of fishes; piscine. ╂[< Greek ichthyikós fishy < ichthys, ýosfish] … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|og|ra|phy — «IHK thee OG ruh fee», noun. the description of fishes. ╂[< Greek ichthys, ýos fish + English graphy] … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|oid — «IHK thee oyd», noun, adjective. –n. a fishlike animal. –adj. like a fish. ╂[< Greek ichthys fish + English oid] … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|o|log|ic — «IHK thee uh LOJ ihk», adjective. of or having to do with ichthyology … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|oph|a|gi — «IHK thee OF uh jy», noun (plural). people who eat or live on fish: »They are still ichthyophi, existing without any other subsistence but what the sea affords (Richard F. Burton) … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|oph|a|gous — «IHK thee OF uh guhs», adjective. feeding on fish; fish eating. ╂[< Greek ichthyophágos (with English ous) < ichthys, ýos fish + phageîn eat] … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|o|plank|ton — «IHK thee oh PLANGK tuhn», noun. the small fish that float or drift in water … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|or|nis — «IHK thee R nihs», noun, plural or|ni|thes « R nuh theez». any bird of an extinct genus with vertebrae resembling those of fishes. Their fossils have been found in Texas and Kansas. »Ichthyornis was a smaller flying type somewhat resembling… … Useful english dictionary
ich|thy|o|sau|ri|an — «IHK thee uh SR ee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. of or belonging to the group of extinct fishlike reptiles that include the ichthyosaur. –n. an ichthyosaurian reptile … Useful english dictionary
