ichthyology
/ˌɪkθiˈɒləd͡ʒi/noun
ichthyology is a noun meaning “A branch of zoology that studies fish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-C-H-T-H-Y-O-L-O-G-Y, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ichthyology mean?
noun
- 1
A branch of zoology that studies fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ichthyology?
- /ˌɪkθiˈɒləd͡ʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-ichthyology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is ichthyology?
Ichthyology appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ichthyology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ichtyologie, ichthyologie |
| German | Ichthyologie, Fischkunde |
| Portuguese | ictiologia |
| Spanish | ictiología |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ichthyology come from?
From ichthyo- + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).