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Definition of Ichthyoid
1. a. Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
Definition of Ichthyoid
1. Adjective. Characteristic of fish ¹
2. Noun. Any fish, or other vertebrate having the form of a fish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ichthyoid
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ichthyoid
1. Fish-shaped. Origin: ichthyo-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ichthyoid
Literary usage of Ichthyoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1855)
"On an ichthyoid Fossil from India. By Sir PHILIP EGERTON, /У-ш. Sir Philip Egerton
stated the results of his examination of what had been sent to the ..."
2. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss, Leslie Brainerd Arey (1917)
"... (ichthyoid blood cells of Minot, so-called because they resemble the typical
red blood cells of fishes), are characterizedby the presence of hemoglobin ..."
3. Aerodynamics: Constituting the First Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight by Frederick William Lanchester (1907)
"44. useless to attempt to rationalise the ichthyoid or stream-line form by existing
analytical theory.1 The foregoing example illustrates the graphic method ..."
4. Buffalo Medical Journal (1854)
"In this respect the Proteus is resembled, more or less, by other species of
ichthyoid reptiles, found in other localities. In the Lepidosiren paradoxa, ..."
5. Aerodynamics: Constituting the First Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight by Frederick William Lanchester (1907)
"44. useless to attempt to rationalise the ichthyoid or stream-line form by existing
analytical theory.1 The foregoing example illustrates the graphic method ..."
6. The Flyying-machine from an Engineering Standpoint: A Reprint of the "James by Frederick William Lanchester (1917)
"... resistance of the so-called stream-line or ichthyoid body. In 1908-9 the author
made inquiries in the endeavour to obtain some figures on this subject. ..."
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