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ichthyophagous

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/ ˌɪkθɪˈɒfədʒɪ, ˌɪkθɪˈɒfəɡəs /

adjective

  1. feeding on fish

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In ichthyophagous Japan, good fishing techniques are a matter of national importance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The population was evidently ichthyophagous, to judge by the vast accumulations of shells of scallops, oysters, limpets, pectens, and other mollusca.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.

The inhabitant of cold and sterile regions on the borders of the ocean becomes ichthyophagous; and fish, fresh, dried, smoked, or salted, is his principal nourishment.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Then the latter, who had been talking illuminatingly about Spain, rose, bowed, and left the table, leaving Dickson, who liked to linger over his meals, to the society of the ichthyophagous student.

From Huntingtower by Buchan, John

On the sea shore, and the banks of rivers, they invented the line and the hook, and became fishermen and ichthyophagous.

From A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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