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ichthyoform

ichthyoform adjective: resembling a fish.

Adjective

ichthyoform (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a fish.

Noun

ichthyoform (uncountable)

  1. A particular antiseptic.
    • Of all intestinal antiseptics, calomel, salacetol, and ichthyoform have given us the best results, the latter being the least irritating.1913, XVIIth International Congress of Medicine v.4-5

Origin of ichthyoform

From ichthyo- + -form.

Questions about ichthyoform

What does ichthyoform mean?
Ichthyoform means resembling a fish.
What part of speech is ichthyoform?
Ichthyoform can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ichthyoform in the dictionary

  1. ichthyofauna
  2. ichthyofaunae
  3. ichthyofaunal
  4. ichthyofaunas
  5. ichthyofaunistic
  6. ichthyoform
  7. ichthyogeographic
  8. ichthyogeographical
  9. ichthyogeographically
  10. ichthyogeography
  11. ichthyograph

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