unfishy

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ fishy.

Adjective

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unfishy (not comparable)

  1. Not fishy. (not of, from or similar to fish)
    • 2000, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea:
      Melody (a mermaid): If I don't, I'll turn back into... [] a human.
      Tip (a penguin): I knew there was something unfishy about you!
    • 2005, Richard Dawkins, Yan Wong, The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution:
      A fish can change in evolutionary time to whatever unfishy shape is required for its way of life.