fishlike

English

Etymology

From fish +‎ -like.

Adjective

fishlike (comparative more fishlike, superlative most fishlike)

1. Having some characteristics of a fish.

   fishlike scales

   fishlike eyes

   fishlike swimming ability

   fishlike smell

   • 1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 213:

     His skin was as scaly as those of some fish I'd seen. His nose was distorted—flattened from having been broken several times—and that enhanced his fishlike appearance.

   • 2013, F. Crescitelli, The Visual System in Vertebrates, page 27:

     The most striking marine reptiles are the fishlike or porpoiselike ichthyosaurs.

Derived terms

• unfishlike

Related terms

• fishly
• fishy

Translations

like a fish

Finnish: kalamainen German: fischartig (de) Greek: ιχθυοειδής (el) (ichthyoeidís) Ancient: ἰχθυοειδής (ikhthuoeidḗs) Ingrian: kalanmukain Polish: rybi (pl) Welsh: pysgodaidd

See also

• ichthyic
• piscine