piscivorous
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Borrowed from Latin piscivorus. By surface analysis, piscivore + -ous or pisci- + -vorous.
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piscivorous (comparative more piscivorous, superlative most piscivorous)
- (chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating.
- Synonyms: ichthyophagous, (rare) ichthyovorous, (rare) pisciphagous
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