fishlike

Adjective

Meaning

Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

marlin sailfish fish whale offensive aquatic insensitive catfish inhospitable goldfish loathsome fishy nauseous standoff piscatorial
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Related terms

fishy fishly

Examples

Hesiod, Theogony 233 The Attic vase-painters showed the draped torso of Nereus issuing from a long coiling scaly fishlike tail. Source: Internet

The 3rd century Roman writer Censorinus reports: Anaximander of Miletus considered that from warmed up water and earth emerged either fish or entirely fishlike animals. Source: Internet

These lures have a fishlike body shape and as they troll through the water they make various movements caused by instability due to a scoop under their heads. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fishlessness fishlet fishlife fishline fishling fishlining