ichthyphagous

== English == === Etymology === Ancient Greek ἰχθυφάγος (ikhthuphágos) (ikhthuphagos: alternative spelling of ἰχθυοφάγος (ikhthuophágos), ikhthuophagos; whence ichthyophage) + English -ous === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˈθɪfəɡəs/ === Adjective === ichthyphagous (comparative more ichthyphagous, superlative most ichthyphagous) Alternative spelling of ichthyophagous. 1839, Lt. Thomas John Newbold, Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca, viz. Pinang, Malacca, and Singapore, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, volume II, chapter xv: “On the Wild Tribes of the Malay Peninsula”, page 414: Dr. Leyden entertained an opinion that the Battas of Sumatra were the Ichthyophagi of Herodotus; but I agree with Mr. Anderson in thinking this supposition fallacious, as the Battas do not inhabit the coasts, but are always found in the interior; rarely venturing down to the shore, and indulge, as we have seen, an appetite of a very different kind from any that could be designated simply ichthyphagous. 1950, George Douglas Howard Cole (translator), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (author), The Social Contract and Discourses, Dutton, page 51: If, on its coasts, the sea washes nothing but almost inaccessible rocks, let it remain barbarous and ichthyphagous: it will have a quieter, perhaps a better, and certainly a happier life. 2003, Didier Paugy, Christian Lévêque, and Guy G. Teugels (editors), The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of West Africa, Institut de recherche pour le développement, volume I, →ISBN (10), →ISBN (13), unknown page: All species may be considered as more or less specialized entomophagous or ichthyphagous predators.