ichthyophobia
ichthyophobia noun: the fear of fish.
Noun
ichthyophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of fish.
- Ichthyophobia, defined as the fear of fish, is especially strong in the Navajo Indians, who will not eat fish nor have anything to do with articles made in the shape of fish.1898, Current Literature, volume 23, page 521
- Such ichthyophobia occurred at the time of first European contact among the Tasmanian Aborigines.1994, Frederick J. Simoons, Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances from Prehistory to the Present, University of Wisconsin Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 253
Origin of ichthyophobia
From ichthyo- + -phobia.
Questions about ichthyophobia
- What does ichthyophobia mean?
- Ichthyophobia means the fear of fish.
- What part of speech is ichthyophobia?
- Ichthyophobia is a noun.
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