ichthyophagy

American

[ik-thee-of-uh-jee] / ˌɪk θiˈɒf ə dʒi /

noun

the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.

Other Word Forms

ichthyophagous

adjective

Etymology

Origin of ichthyophagy

First recorded in 1650–60; ichthyo- + -phagy

Example Sentences

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Who can imagine that these poor snakes, the very extracts of ichthyophagy, are not thoroughly enough besmoked and besmeared with misery, distress, and calamity?

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

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