||I`chor*hæ"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ichor + &?; blood.] (Med.)
||Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
||
I"chor*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. ichoreux.] Of or like ichor; thin; watery;
serous; sanious.
Ich"thi*din (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance from the egg yolk of
osseous fishes.
Ich"thin (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous
substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous
fishes.
Ich"thu*lin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance from the yolk of
salmon's eggs.
Ich"thus (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s.] In early Christian and eccesiastical
art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the
initials of the Greek words Ihsoy^s, Christo`s, Qeoy^ Gio`s Swth`r,
Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.
Ich"thy*ic (?), a. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish.] (Zoöl.) Like, or
pertaining to, fishes.
{ Ich"thy*o*col (?), Ich`thy*o*col"la (?), } n. [L. ichthyocolla, Gr.
&?;; 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; glue: cf. F. ichthyocolle.] Fish
glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.
Ich`thy*o*cop"ro*lite (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + E.
coprolite.] (Geol.) Fossil dung of fishes.
Ich`thy*o*dor"u*lite (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; a spear
+ - lite.] (Zoöl.) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail
of certain skates.
Ich`thy*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os + graphy: cf. F.
ichthyographie.] A treatise on fishes.
{ Ich"thy*oid (?), Ich`thy*oid"al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: 'ichqy`s, -y`os,
a fish + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) Somewhat like a fish; having some of the
characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
Ich`thy*ol"a*try (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; to
worship.] Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols. Layard.
Ich"thy*o*lite (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + -lite.] (Paleon.)
A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.
{ Ich`thy*o*log"ic (?), Ich`thy*o*log"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
ichthyologique.] Of or pertaining to ichthyology.
Ich`thy*ol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. ichthyologiste.] One versed in, or
who studies, ichthyology.
Ich`thy*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + -logy: cf. F.
ichthyologie.] The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoölogy
which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and
habits.
Ich"thy*o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + -mancy: cf. F.
ichthyomancie.] Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
||Ich`thy*o*mor"pha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; fish-shaped;
||'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) The Urodela.
||
{ Ich`thy*o*mor"phic (?), Ich`thy*o*mor"phous (?), } a. [See
Ichthyomorpha.] Fish- shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient
Assyria.
Ich`thy*oph"a*gist (?), n. [See Ichthyophagous.] One who eats, or
subsists on, fish.
Ich`thy*oph"a*gous (?), a. [L. ichthyophagus, Gr. &?;; 'ichqy`s, -y`os,
a fish + &?; to eat.] Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
Ich`thy*oph"a*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqyofagi`a: cf. F. ichthyophagie.] The
practice of eating, or living upon, fish.
Ich`thy*oph*thal"mite (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; eye.]
See Apophyllite. [R.]
||Ich`thy*oph*thi"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish
||+ &?; a louse.] (Zoöl.) A division of copepod crustaceans, including
||numerous species parasitic on fishes.
||
||Ich`thy*op"si*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish +
||&?; appearance.] (Zoöl.) A grand division of the Vertebrata,
||including the Amphibia and Fishes.
||
||Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Ichthyopterygium.]
||(Paleon.) See Ichthyosauria.
||
||Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish
||+ &?; a fin.] (Anat.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.
||
||Ich`thy*or"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?;
||bird.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the
||American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave
||vertebræ, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were
||well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormæ.
||
Ich"thy*o*saur (?), n. [Cf. F. ichthyosaure.] (Paleon.) One of the
Ichthyosaura.
||Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Ichthyosaurus.] (Paleon.) An
||extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied
||forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later
||than the Cretaceous period.
||
Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*an (?), a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the
Ichthyosauria. -- n. One of the Ichthyosauria.
||Ich`thy*o*sau"rus (?), n.; pl. Ichthyosauri (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
||'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + say^ros a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct
||genus of marine reptiles; - - so named from their short, biconcave
||vertebræ, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in
||length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oölitic,
||and Cretaceous formations.
||
||Ich`thy*o"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.] (Med.) A disease
||in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also
||fishskin. -- Ich`thy*ot"ic (#), a.
||
Ich`thy*ot"o*mist (?), n. One skilled in ichthyotomy.
Ich`thy*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &?; to cut.] The
anatomy or dissection of fishes. [R.]
||Ich"thys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s a fish.] Same as Ichthus.
||
I"ci*cle (?), n. [OE. isikel, AS. sgicel; s ice + gicel icicle; akin to
Icel. jökull; cf. Gael. eigh ice, Ir. aigh.] A pendent, and usually
conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the
icicles on the eaves of a house.
I"ci*cled (?), a. Having icicles attached.
I"ci*ly (?), adv. In an icy manner; coldly.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead
perfection, no more.
Tennyson.
I"ci*ness (?), n. The state or quality of being icy or very cold;
frigidity.
I"cing (?), n. A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and
milk or white of egg; frosting.