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ichthyphagous

/ɪkˈθɪfəɡəs/

ichthyphagous is the alternative spelling of ichthyophagous.

Meaning of ichthyophagous

Adjective

ichthyophagous (comparative more ichthyophagous, superlative most ichthyophagous)

  1. Feeding on fish.

Forms of ichthyphagous

comparativemore ichthyphagous
superlativemost ichthyphagous

Origin of ichthyphagous

Ancient Greek ἰχθυφάγος (ikhthuphágos) (ikhthuphagos: alternative spelling of ἰχθυοφάγος (ikhthuophágos), ikhthuophagos; whence ichthyophage) + English -ous

Questions about ichthyphagous

What is ichthyphagous the alternative spelling of?
Ichthyphagous is the alternative spelling of ichthyophagous.
How do you pronounce ichthyphagous?
Ichthyphagous is pronounced /ɪkˈθɪfəɡəs/.

Words near ichthyphagous in the dictionary

  1. ichthyotoxicology
  2. ichthyotoxin
  3. ichthyotoxins
  4. ichthyotoxism
  5. ichthyovorous
  6. ichthyphagous
  7. ichthys
  8. ichthysarcotoxism
  9. ichthyses
  10. ichthytaxidermy
  11. ichu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ichthyphagous (page history and authors); ichthyophagous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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