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ichthyophage

ichthyophage noun: that which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.

Noun

ichthyophage (plural ichthyophages)

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

Synonyms of ichthyophage

Forms of ichthyophage

pluralichthyophages

Origin of ichthyophage

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”).

Questions about ichthyophage

What does ichthyophage mean?
Ichthyophage means that which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.
What part of speech is ichthyophage?
Ichthyophage is a noun.
What is the plural of ichthyophage?
The plural of ichthyophage is ichthyophages.

Words near ichthyophage in the dictionary

  1. ichthyootoxins
  2. ichthyopathogenic
  3. ichthyopathological
  4. ichthyopathology
  5. ichthyophagan
  6. ichthyophage
  7. ichthyophages
  8. ichthyophagi
  9. ichthyophagian
  10. ichthyophagist
  11. ichthyophagists

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