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单词 piscivore
释义

piscivoren.

Brit. /ˈpɪs(k)ᵻvɔː/, U.S. /ˈpɪsəˌvɔr/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pisci- comb. form, -ivore comb. form.
Etymology: < pisci- comb. form + -ivore comb. form, after either piscivorous adj. or French piscivore, noun and adjective (1772).
Ecology.
A fish-eating animal, esp. an ichthyophagous fish.
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1948 Ann. Rep. Fisheries Res. Board Canada 1947 App. VII. 52 The three dominant species are the ciscoes, feeding on plankton, the common whitefish, a bottom feeder, and the lake trout, a piscivore.
1952 Ecology 33 517 The change from an early fishery replying heavily on plankton feeders to a later production depending mostly on the less efficient piscivores.
1976 Ecol. Monogr. 46 468 Of the 24 Liberian species [of birds] classed as category B., 6 are frugivores, 1 is a piscivore, and 17 are insectivores.
2001 Pract. Fishkeeping Feb. 90/1 Cyphotilapia frontosa is a piscivore that can—and does—eat any fish that will fit into its mouth.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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