fishlike
Resembling a trout
Fishlike means resembling a fish in appearance, movement, or characteristics.
The word typically describes streamlined shapes, smooth gliding motion, or cold expressionless features: The submarine's fishlike hull cut through the water, She stared with fishlike eyes.
Swimming appendages
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- swimmingLocomotion through water
- underwaterBelow the surface
marine · ocean · sea · freshwater · saltwater · reef · aquarium · schooling
Relating to fluid motion
- fusiformCigar-shaped, tapered bilaterally
- sleekSmooth and elegant
- spindle-shapedElongated with tapered extremities
- teardropSingle unit of crying
contoured · aerodynamic · laminar · undulate · glide · propulsion · efficiency · smooth
Temperature set by surroundings
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- emotionlessLacking any sentiment
blank · staring · glassy-eyed · expressionless · unblinking
Smooth or craftily adept
- slimyWet, slippery, unpleasant
- slitherySliding with smooth motion
- wetSaturated with liquid
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
mucous · wriggling · squirming · elusive · ungraspable · glistening · shimmering · iridescent
fins
Swimming appendages
underwater · marine · ocean · sea · freshwater · saltwater · reef · aquarium · schooling · tropical
hydrodynamic
Relating to fluid motion
- fusiformCigar-shaped, tapered bilaterally
- sleekSmooth and elegant
- spindle-shapedElongated with tapered extremities
teardrop · contoured · aerodynamic · laminar · undulate · glide · propulsion · efficiency · smooth · tapered
ectothermic
Temperature set by surroundings
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
emotionless · blank · staring · glassy-eyed · expressionless · unblinking
slick
Smooth or craftily adept
scales · mucous · wriggling · squirming · elusive · ungraspable · glistening · shimmering · iridescent · silvery
fishlikeunfishlike
Not resembling aquatic swimmers
mammalian · birdlike · reptilian · insectlike · humanoid
fishliketerrestrial
Relating to land
earthbound · avian · arboreal · burrowing · aerial
like, fish, fishy, fishing, fisherman, fishes, fished, fishery, fishmonger