Ichthyophage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.
  2. 2
    Anglicisation of Ichthyophagi capitalized

Synonyms

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pescatarianpiscivore

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἰχθυοφάγος (ikhthuophágos, “fish-eating”), and substantivised as a plurale tantum proper noun: “the Fish-eaters, the Ichthyophagi”; reinforced in the general sense (“that which consumes fish”) by the English ichthyo- (“fish”) + -phage (“eater”).

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