ichthyophage

词形变化

ichthyophages 复数 ichthyophages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    That which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.

  2. 2.

    Anglicisation of Ichthyophagi

词源

From the Ancient Greek ἰχθυοφάγος (ikhthuophágos, “fish-eating”), and substantivised as a plurale tantum proper noun: “the Fish-eaters, the Ichthyophagi”; reinforced in the general sense (“that which consumes fish”) by the English ichthyo- (“fish”) + -phage (“eater”).

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