piscivorous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piscivorus. By surface analysis, piscivore +‎ -ous or pisci- +‎ -vorous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/
• Hyphenation: pis‧civ‧o‧rous
• Rhymes: -ɪvəɹəs

Adjective

piscivorous (comparative more piscivorous, superlative most piscivorous)

1. (chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating.

   Synonyms: ichthyophagous, (rare) ichthyovorous, (rare) pisciphagous

Related terms

• piscivore

Translations

fish

• Breton: peskdebrer
• Bulgarian: рибояден (ribojaden)
• French: ichtyophage (fr), piscivore (fr)
• German: fischfressend (de), piscivor
• Greek: ιχθυοβόρος (el) (ichthyovóros), ιχθυοφάγος (el) (ichthyofágos), ψαροφάγος (el) (psarofágos)
• Hungarian: halevő (hu), piszcivor
• Italian: piscivoro
• Latin: piscivorus
• Malay: pisivor
• Polish: rybożerny m
• Welsh: pysgysol