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ichthyophagy

[ik-thee-of-uh-jee]

noun

  1. the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.

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Other Word Forms

  • ichthyophagous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ichthyophagy1

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

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Ichthyophagy, ik-thi-of′a-ji, n. the practice of eating fish.—n.

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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?

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