Word.ws English Dictionary

ichthyonym

/ˈɪk.θi.əˌnɪm/

ichthyonym noun: a name for a fish.

Noun

ichthyonym (plural ichthyonyms)

  1. A name for a fish.

Forms of ichthyonym

pluralichthyonyms

Origin of ichthyonym

From ichthy- + -o- + -nym.

Questions about ichthyonym

What does ichthyonym mean?
Ichthyonym means a name for a fish.
What part of speech is ichthyonym?
Ichthyonym is a noun.
How do you pronounce ichthyonym?
Ichthyonym is pronounced /ˈɪk.θi.əˌnɪm/.
What is the plural of ichthyonym?
The plural of ichthyonym is ichthyonyms.

Words near ichthyonym in the dictionary

  1. ichthyomorphic
  2. ichthyomorphous
  3. ichthyomorphs
  4. ichthyoneuston
  5. ichthyonomy
  6. ichthyonym
  7. ichthyonyms
  8. ichthyootoxin
  9. ichthyootoxins
  10. ichthyopathogenic
  11. ichthyopathological

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ichthyonym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ichthyonym.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ichthyonym. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.