fish-eating

[fish-ee-ting]

adjective

1. of or relating to someone or something that habitually or exclusively consumes fish; piscivorous.

Example Sentences

The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident population, a federally protected endangered group of fish-eating killer whales stretching from British Columbia to Monterey.

From Los Angeles Times

“When there was a vibrant fish population in the sea, you would see a lot of pelicans and cormorants and other fish-eating birds,” Shore said.

From Los Angeles Times

Mergansers are riverine and coastal fish-eating ducks predominantly found in the Northern Hemisphere, however there are a few rare species from the Southern Hemisphere.

From Science Daily

A portion of the fish-eating resident killer whales — known as Southern Residents — is already listed as endangered in the U.S. and Canada.

From Los Angeles Times

Pitman, who has studied killer whales in Antarctica for over 10 years, said there’s a similar divide between mammal- and fish-eating killer whales in those waters.

From Los Angeles Times