Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The science of fishes; that department of zoölogy which treats of fishes, with reference to their structure, relations to one another and to other animals, classification, habits, and uses. Abbreviated ichthyology
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoölogy which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the branch of zoology that studies fishes
Etymologies
- From ichthyo- + -logy. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Americans as individuals can and must do for ourselves and the nation -- ichthyology from the standpoint of the fish.”
“Let's and take a look at this website, this is a website dedicated to ichthyology, which is a form of zoology that concentrates on fish.”
“Brower mentions that in a paper on ethno-ichthyology of the island, Dr. Margie Falanruw listed a fish the Yapese call galuf nu medai, translated as "monitor lizard of the sea.”
“Covers research and management issues relating to all aspects of ichthyology, fisheries, aquatic biology/ecology, and aquaculture.”
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“Law, diplomacy and politics were his profession, but his activities embraced virtually all the liberal arts and sciences: from mathematics and philosophy to economics, archaeology, ornithology, ichthyology, horticulture, architecture, art and music.”
“In this shot you can see the white underside of one of the ray's wingtips (I know "wingtip" is probably not the right term, but ichthyology is not something I'm up on.)”
“His book is jam-packed with facts, but they are so gracefully integrated into the text that it's only when you come up for air that you realize you've been learning all along, about oceanography (the 100,000 cells of the smallest phytoplankton "would occupy approximately a teaspoon of water"), exploration, ichthyology, fishing (the author is a dedicated fisherman) and even art history.”
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“And he certainly was not sought after by us, but came to me with an important question bearing on ichthyology.”
“To those who are versed in ichthyology, these are known as pharyngeal teeth, because they are connected with the pharynx.”
“Many are amatuers, that is, they have no formal education in fisheries biology or ichthyology; they are self-taught.”
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trivet The study of fishes. Mar 6, 2007