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Definition: ICHTHYOPHAGOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Eating, or subsisting on, fish.[Websters]
2. Being piscivorous. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb ichthyophagously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(ichthyophagously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ichthyophagous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Ichthyophagous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Ichthyophagous \Ich`thy*oph"a*gous\, adjective. [Latin expression ichthyophagus, Greek fish to eat.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ICHTHYOPHAGOUS

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Eating or subsisting on fish.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Adjective] (biology) feeding on fish. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: ICHTHYOPHAGOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Eating, or subsisting on, fish.[Websters]
2. Being piscivorous. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb ichthyophagously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(ichthyophagously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ichthyophagous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ICHTHYOPHAGOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Ichthyophagous \Ich`thy*oph"a*gous\, adjective. [Latin expression ichthyophagus, Greek fish to eat.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ICHTHYOPHAGOUS

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Eating or subsisting on fish.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Adjective] (biology) feeding on fish. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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