ichthyocolla
ichthyocolla noun: fish glue, isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds (swimming bladders) of various fishes.
Noun
ichthyocolla (uncountable)
- Fish glue, isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds (swimming bladders) of various fishes.
- Several others of these drops I covered over with a thin but very tuff skin of Icthyocolla, which being very tough and very transparent, was the most convenient substance for these tryals that I could imagine […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section VII
- Synonyms:
- ichthyocol
Synonyms of ichthyocolla
Origin of ichthyocolla
From Latin ichthyocolla, from Ancient Greek ἰχθυόκολλα (ikhthuókolla, “fish-glue”), from ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).
Questions about ichthyocolla
- What does ichthyocolla mean?
- Ichthyocolla means fish glue, isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds (swimming bladders) of various fishes.
- What part of speech is ichthyocolla?
- Ichthyocolla is a noun.
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