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Definition of Pisciform
1. a. Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish.
Definition of Pisciform
1. Adjective. Having the shape of a fish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pisciform
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Pisciform
1. Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish. Origin: L. Piscis fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pisciform
Literary usage of Pisciform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Conquest of the Air: Aeronautics, Aviation; History, Theory, Practice by Alphonse Berget (1911)
"If, instead of a symmetrical fusiform balloon, we take a pisciform balloon, ...
In the case of a pisciform balloon the disturbing effect is due, ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Designed for the Use of Colleges and Academies by Ebenezer Emmons (1860)
"... teeth numerous; molars trenchant and denticulated. 12. Cetaceans, teeth conical
or none, pisciform, destitute of posterior members—whales, tie. ..."
3. The Conquest of the Air: Aeronautics, Aviation; History, Theory, Practice by Alphonse Berget (1909)
"... further and say that in all pisciform balloons having the greatest diameter
at the prow, the co-efficient of advantage will always be between 4 and 5. ..."
4. The Conquest of the Air: Aeronautics, Aviation; History, Theory, Practice by Alphonse Berget (1909)
"If, instead of a symmetrical fusiform balloon, we take a pisciform balloon, ...
In the case of a pisciform balloon the disturbing effect is due, ..."
5. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"His data is the result of a long and methodically carried out series of experiments.
In the case of the pisciform balloon, ..."
6. Practical Aviation: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1919)
"In the case of the pisciform balloon, the disturbing effect is due in unequal
degree, to the diameter of the balloon and its inclination and speed, ..."
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