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piscivorous

Syllables: pis·civ·o·rous/pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/

piscivorous adjective: that feeds on fish; fish-eating.

Adjective

piscivorous (comparative more piscivorous, superlative most piscivorous)

  1. That feeds on fish; fish-eating.

piscivorous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malay

piscivorous in Hindi

eating fish
मत्स्यभक्षी matsyabhakṣī

piscivorous in Tamil

மீனுண்ணி

piscivorous in Marathi

piscivorous
मत्स्याहारी matsyāhārī

piscivorous in Malay

eating fish
pisivor

Synonyms of piscivorous

Forms of piscivorous

comparativemore piscivorous
superlativemost piscivorous

Origin of piscivorous

Borrowed from Latin piscivorus. By surface analysis, piscivore + -ous or pisci- + -vorous.

Words that rhyme with piscivorous

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Questions about piscivorous

What does piscivorous mean?
Piscivorous means that feeds on fish; fish-eating.
What is piscivorous in Hindi?
Piscivorous in Hindi is मत्स्यभक्षी (matsyabhakṣī). See Piscivorous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is piscivorous?
Piscivorous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce piscivorous?
Piscivorous is pronounced /pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/.

Words near piscivorous in the dictionary

  1. piscitarians
  2. Piscitelli
  3. Piscitellis
  4. piscivore
  5. piscivores
  6. piscivorous
  7. piscivory
  8. pisco
  9. pisco sour
  10. pisco sours
  11. piscola

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piscivorous (page history and authors); piscivorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मत्स्याहारी (Marathi) (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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