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ichthyal

ichthyal adjective: of or relating to fishes.

Adjective

ichthyal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to fishes.
    • […] the death of Hugh Miller left Sir Philip Egerton almost alone in the study of ichthyal paleontology.1866, William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison, The London Quarterly Review, volume 26, page 187

Questions about ichthyal

What does ichthyal mean?
Ichthyal means of or relating to fishes.
What part of speech is ichthyal?
Ichthyal is an adjective.

Words near ichthyal in the dictionary

  1. ichthulin
  2. ichthulins
  3. ichthus
  4. ichthuses
  5. ichthy-
  6. ichthyal
  7. ichthyic
  8. ichthyism
  9. ichthyo-
  10. ichthyoacanthotoxin
  11. ichthyoacanthotoxins

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