fishlike

comparative more fishlike · superlative most fishlike

1. Having some characteristics of a fish.

   fishlike eyes

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   fishlike scales

   fishlike swimming ability

   fishlike smell

   His skin was as scaly as those of some fish I'd seen. His nose was distorted—flattened from having been broken several times—and that enhanced his fishlike appearance.

   1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 213

   The most striking marine reptiles are the fishlike or porpoiselike ichthyosaurs.

   2013, F. Crescitelli, The Visual System in Vertebrates, page 27

   Synonyms: fishly, fishy, ichthyic, piscine, fishen, fishish, fishly, fishy