ichthyoid

ichthyoid
/ik"thee oyd'/, adj.
1. Also, ichthyoidal. fishlike.
n.
2. any fishlike vertebrate.
[1850-55; < Gk ichthyoeidés. See ICHTHY-, -OID]

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