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noun
That which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: piscivore, pescatarian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Anglicisation of Ichthyophagi
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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”).
