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ichthyophagous, a.|ɪkθɪˈɒfəgəs|
[f. L. ichthyophag-us, ad. Gr. ἴχθυοϕάγος (see ichthyophagi) + -ous.]
Fish-eating; that feeds on fish.
1828in Webster. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. x, A few are Ichthyophagous, and use Salted Herrings. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xxiv. 455 The icthyophagous nations, that dwelt on the Persian Gulf and the shores of the Red Sea. 1897Allbutt Syst. Med. II. 1018 Transferred in raw, smoked or imperfectly cured and cooked fish to the intestine of man, dog, cat or other ichthyophagous animal.
Hence ichthyˈophagously adv., in reference to ichthyophagy.
1854Badham Halieut. Advt., The Author's purport..is, to treat of fish ichthyophagously, not ichthyologically, and to give, not fish science, but fish tattle. |