Ichthyphagous

Pronunciation

• IPA: en, /ɪkˈθɪfəɡəs/

Origin

Ancient Greek ἰχθυφάγος (ikhthuphagos: alternative spelling of ἰχθυοφάγος, ikhthuophagos; whence ichthyophage) +

Full definition of ichthyphagous

Adjective

1. Alternative spelling of en
• 1839, Lt. Thomas John Newbold, Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca, viz. Pinang, Malacca, and Singapore, London: John Murray (publisher), Albemarle Street, volume II, chapter xv: “On the Wild Tribes of the Malay Peninsula”, page 414:Dr. Leyden entertained an opinion that the Battas of Sumatra were the Ichthyophagi of Herodotus; but I agree with Mr. Anderson in thinking this supposition fallacious, as the Battas do not inhabit the coasts, but are always found in the interior; rarely venturing down to the shore, and indulge, as we have seen, an appetite of a very different kind from any that could be designated simply ichthyphagous.
• 1950, G. D. H. Cole (translator), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (author), The Social Contract and Discourses, , page 51:If, on its coasts, the sea washes nothing but almost inaccessible rocks, let it remain barbarous and ichthyphagous: it will have a quieter, perhaps a better, and certainly a happier life.
• 1966, Second European Meeting on Wildfowl Conservation: Proceedings, page 109:With the creation of the large reserves in the Danube Delta, protective measures have taken on a more intensive character and have eliminated in part the causes of dwindling wildfowl stocks. They include campaigns to combat ichthyphagous birds, reed-burning, poaching, the catching of birds and nestlings, the collection and destruction of eggs, etc.
• 2003, Didier Paugy, Christian Lévêque, and Guy G. Teugels (editors), The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of West Africa, Institut de recherche pour le développement, volume I, (10), (13), unknown page:All species may be considered as more or less specialized entomophagous or ichthyphagous predators.