ichthyology
noun
ich·thy·ol·o·gy ˌik-thē-ˈä-lə-jē 
: a branch of zoology that deals with fishes
ichthyological
ˌik-thē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl
adjective ichthyologically
ˌik-thē-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē
adverb ichthyologist
ˌik-thē-ˈä-lə-jist
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The ichthyology world was stoked about Estes’s find. 
Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 Last week, Bill Ludt, the ichthyology collection’s curator, and Todd Clardy, its manager, welcomed a visitor to the room where the museum’s three million fish specimens are stored. Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 For Miller, the lesson into chaos and order begins on a family trip not far from the island that inspired David Starr Jordan to take up ichthyology. Avery Ellfeldt, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2021 Later Greek poets wrote about hunting dogs and ichthyology. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020 Why Fish Don’t Exist By Lulu Miller Taxonomist David Starr Jordan, born in the 1850s, documented new species of fish and contributed enormously to ichthyology. Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020 Her father, Giles, was a Harvard professor of ichthyology and former director of the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2019 The gathered scientists included fish scientist Leonard P. Schultz, who was then the curator of ichthyology for the National Museum of Natural History. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017 The gathered scientists included fish scientist Leonard P. Schultz, who was then the curator of ichthyology for the National Museum of Natural History. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017 See More
Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 Last week, Bill Ludt, the ichthyology collection’s curator, and Todd Clardy, its manager, welcomed a visitor to the room where the museum’s three million fish specimens are stored. Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 For Miller, the lesson into chaos and order begins on a family trip not far from the island that inspired David Starr Jordan to take up ichthyology. Avery Ellfeldt, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2021 Later Greek poets wrote about hunting dogs and ichthyology. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020 Why Fish Don’t Exist By Lulu Miller Taxonomist David Starr Jordan, born in the 1850s, documented new species of fish and contributed enormously to ichthyology. Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020 Her father, Giles, was a Harvard professor of ichthyology and former director of the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2019 The gathered scientists included fish scientist Leonard P. Schultz, who was then the curator of ichthyology for the National Museum of Natural History. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017 The gathered scientists included fish scientist Leonard P. Schultz, who was then the curator of ichthyology for the National Museum of Natural History. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1646, in the meaning defined above