Ichthyophage Definition
noun
That which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.
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(capitalised as “Ichthyophages” and functioning as a plurale tantum proper noun) Anglicisation of Ichthyophagi.
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Other Word Forms of Ichthyophage
Noun
Singular:
ichthyophage
Plural:
ichthyophagesOrigin of Ichthyophage
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From the Ancient Greek ἰχθυοφάγος (ikhthuophagos, “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”).
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