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ichthyoid, a. and n.|ˈɪkθɪɔɪd|
[f. as prec. + -oid. Cf. Gr. ἰχθυώδης = ἰχθυοειδής.]
A. adj. Resembling or having the form or characteristics of a fish; fish-like.
1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Ichthyoides, resembling a fish,..ichthyoid. 1865Page Handbk. Geol. s.v., The ichthyosaurus..is partly ichthyoid and partly sauroid. 1870Ruskin Wks. (1872) III. 135 This ichthyoid, reptilian, or monochondyloid ideal of the self-made man.
B. n. A vertebrate of the fish type; spec. = ichthyopsid.
1863Huxley Comp. Anat. (1864) v. 74 The classes of the Vertebrata are capable of being grouped into three provinces (I.) the Ichthyoids..(II.) the Sauroids..and (III.) the Mammals. 1866― in Intell. Observ. No. 56. 100 The Ichthyoids, comprising fishes and amphibia. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life Introd. 67 Instances of larval Ichthyoids maturing sexual products are furnished to us by the immature Lamprey.
So ichthyˈoidal a. = prec. A. |