Crossword-Solution: PISCIFORM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pisciform | a. | Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish. |
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| having form of fish | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
Hint 2 anagram
EDVINI
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"Delicious!"
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Sentences with PISCIFORM (5)
Dumeril, in 1876, found it again in pools that formed after rains, and named the creature (which is of a bluish color passing to red) the "pisciform binocle." Since then, this larva has been found in the Seine at Point-du-Jour, Bas-Meudon, and between Epone and Mantes.
Their external features are an elongated pisciform body, the toes joined by a membrane converting the feet into broad flippers or fins, the two hind ones being so close as to act like the caudal fin of a fish.
Its pisciform body terminates in a fan-shaped tail, while the two fins in front, although flat and membranous, consist of five claw-like projections, somewhat resembling human fingers.
Renard accordingly adopted what may best be termed the "pisciform" type, viz, that of a dis-symmetrical fish with the larger end serving as the bow; and the performances of the Renard, Lebaudy, and Clement-Bayard airships have shown that this is the most advantageous form.
But as they must necessarily be equal if the balloon is neither ascending nor descending, it follows that they will cause the balloon to turn until they are a continuation of each other, and in the case of a pisciform balloon, this will cause it to tilt downward.