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fishlike

fishlike adjective: having some characteristics of a fish.

Adjective

fishlike (comparative more fishlike, superlative most fishlike)

  1. Having some characteristics of a fish.
    • fishlike scales
    • fishlike eyes

Examples of fishlike in a sentence

  • fishlike swimming ability
  • His nose was distorted—flattened from having been broken several times—and that enhanced his fishlike appearance.1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 213:
  • The most striking marine reptiles are the fishlike or porpoiselike ichthyosaurs.2013, F. Crescitelli, The Visual System in Vertebrates, page 27:

Synonyms of fishlike

Antonyms

Forms of fishlike

comparativemore fishlike
superlativemost fishlike

Origin of fishlike

From fish + -like.

Words formed from fishlike

Questions about fishlike

What does fishlike mean?
Fishlike means having some characteristics of a fish.
How do you use fishlike in a sentence?
fishlike swimming ability
What part of speech is fishlike?
Fishlike is an adjective.

Words near fishlike in the dictionary

  1. fishlet
  2. fishlets
  3. Fishley
  4. fishlice
  5. fishlife
  6. fishlike
  7. fishline
  8. fishlines
  9. fishling
  10. fishlings
  11. fishlining

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