unfishlike
Lacking gill traits
Not resembling or characteristic of a fish.
The word describes creatures, movements, or features that lack typical fish qualities—fins, scales, gills, or fluid swimming motion: The dolphin's maternal behavior seems unfishlike until you remember it's a mammal.
Also applies to fish that somehow defy expectations: Its unfishlike eyes seemed to follow me around the room.
Lacking grace or ease
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- inelegantLacking grace or refinement
stiff · clunky · gawky · bumbling · blundering · maladroit · oafish · uncoordinated
Deviating from expected norms
- aberrantDeparting from what's typical
- unusualNot often encountered
- peculiarStrangely unusual
- oddUnusual or not even
strange · deviant · irregular · exceptional · uncharacteristic · unconventional · unexpected · unfamiliar
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
inelegant · stiff · clunky · gawky · bumbling · blundering · maladroit · oafish · uncoordinated · graceless
anomalous
Deviating from expected norms
odd · strange · deviant · irregular · exceptional · uncharacteristic · unconventional · unexpected · unfamiliar · unorthodox