ichthyophage
English
Etymology
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”).
Noun
ichthyophage (plural ichthyophages)
- That which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.
- (capitalised as “Ichthyophages” and functioning as a plurale tantum proper noun) Anglicisation of Ichthyophagi
Related terms
- ichthyophagous
- ichthyophagy