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piscivorous

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/
  • rhymes with -ɪvəɹəs

1

adj

Meaning 1

That feeds on fish; fish-eating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ichthyophagous, ichthyovorous, pisciphagous

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

feeding on fishes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: peskdebrer — eating fish
  • Bulgarian: рибояден (ribojaden) — eating fish
  • Catalan: piscívor — eating fish
  • French: ichtyophage — eating fish
  • French: piscivore — eating fish
  • German: fischfressend — eating fish
  • German: piscivor — eating fish
  • Greek: ιχθυοβόρος (ichthyovóros) — eating fish
  • Greek: ιχθυοφάγος (ichthyofágos) — eating fish
  • Greek: ψαροφάγος (psarofágos) — eating fish
  • Hungarian: halevő — eating fish
  • Hungarian: piszcivor — eating fish
  • Italian: piscivoro — eating fish
  • Latin: piscivorus — eating fish
  • Malay: pisivor — eating fish
  • Polish: rybożerny — eating fish
  • Portuguese: piscívoro — eating fish
  • Spanish: piscívoro — eating fish
  • Turkish: balıkçıl — eating fish
  • Welsh: pysgysol — eating fish
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