English Explanatory Dictionary

ichthyophage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

ichthyophage ichthyophages

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”).

Synonyms

piscivore pescatarian

Related words

ichthyophagous ichthyophagy
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