Having the characteristics or form of pike fish; resembling members of the pike family in structure or appearance.
From Latin 'esox' (pike) plus '-form' (from Latin 'forma,' meaning shape). This term describes anatomical similarity to pike.
Evolutionary biologists use '-form' words to describe fish that evolved similar body shapes—long, streamlined, with big teeth—even if they're not closely related, showing how water pressure and hunting style shape fish bodies the same way everywhere in the ocean.
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