Meanings
- uncountableA branch of zoology that studies fish.
Synonyms: fishlore, fish science, fish sciences, ichth., ichthol.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA branch of zoology that studies fish.
Origin
Translations
Arabic عِلْم اَلْأَسْمَاك
- عِلْم اَلْأَسْمَاك (ʕilm al-ʔasmāk)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Bulgarian ихтиоло́гия
- ихтиоло́гия (ihtiológija)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Catalan ictiologia
- ictiologiabranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Chinese Mandarin 魚類學 /鱼类学
- 魚類學 /鱼类学 (yúlèixué)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Czech ichtyologie
- ichtyologiebranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Danish iktyologi
- iktyologibranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Dutch viskunde, ichtyologie
- viskundebranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
- ichtyologiebranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Esperanto iĥtiologio, iktiologio
- iĥtiologiobranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
- iktiologiobranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Estonian kalateadus
- kalateadusbranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Finnish kalatiede
- kalatiedebranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
French ichtyologie, ichthyologie
- ichtyologiebranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
- ichthyologiebranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
German Ichthyologie, Fischkunde
- Ichthyologiebranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
- Fischkundebranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Greek ιχθυολογία
- ιχθυολογία (ichthyología)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Hebrew אִיכְתִּיּוֹלוֹגְיָה, חֵקֶר הַדָּגִים
- אִיכְתִּיּוֹלוֹגְיָה (ikh'tiyolohiya)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
- חֵקֶר הַדָּגִים (khéker hadagím)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Hindi मत्स्यविज्ञान
- मत्स्यविज्ञान (matsyavijñān)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Hungarian halismeret
- halismeretbranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Icelandic fiskifræði
- fiskifræðibranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Italian ittiologia
- ittiologiabranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Japanese 魚類学
- 魚類学 (gyoruigaku)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Korean 어류학
- 어류학 (eoryuhak)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Latin ichthyologia
- ichthyologiabranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Lithuanian ichtiològija
- ichtiològijabranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Malay iktiologi, kaji ikan
- iktiologibranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
- kaji ikanbranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Norwegian Bokmål iktyologi
- iktyologibranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Polish ichtiologia
- ichtiologiabranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Portuguese ictiologia
- ictiologiabranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Russian ихтиоло́гия, рыбове́дение
- ихтиоло́гия (ixtiológija)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
- рыбове́дение (rybovédenije)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Spanish ictiología
- ictiologíabranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Swedish iktyologi
- iktyologibranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Tagalog dalub-isdaan
- dalub-isdaanbranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Thai มีนวิทยา
- มีนวิทยา (mii-ná-wít-tá-yaa)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Turkish ihtiyoloji, balık bilimi
- ihtiyolojibranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
- balık bilimibranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Ukrainian іхтіоло́гія
- іхтіоло́гія (ixtiolóhija)branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Vietnamese ngư học
- ngư họcbranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Welsh pysgodeg
- pysgodegbranch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ichthyology
Cite this entry
ichthyology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyology
“ichthyology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyology. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ichthyology,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyology.
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