ichthyphagous

English edit

Etymology edit

Ancient Greek ἰχθυφάγος (ikhthuphágos) (ikhthuphagos: alternative spelling of ἰχθυοφάγος (ikhthuophágos), ikhthuophagos; whence ichthyophage) + English -ous

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɪkˈθɪfəɡəs/

Adjective edit

ichthyphagous (comparative more ichthyphagous, superlative most ichthyphagous)

Alternative spelling of ichthyophagous
- 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, 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, George Douglas Howard Cole (translator), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (author), The Social Contract and Discourses, Dutton, 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, →ISBN (10), →ISBN (13), unknown page:
  All species may be considered as more or less specialized entomophagous or ichthyphagous predators.