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‖ ichthyophagi, n. pl.|ɪkθɪˈɒfədʒaɪ|
[L., pl. of ichthyophag-us (usually in pl. as name of fish-eating races), a. Gr. ἰχθυοϕάγος, f. Gr. ἰχθυο- fish- + -ϕάγος eating, f. ϕαγεῖν to eat.]
Fish-eaters. (Rarely in sing. ichthyophagus = ichthyophagist.)
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. vi. 103 Ichthiophagi of Afrike. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 231 The Ichthyophagi made bread of their [whales'] flesh, and houses, &c. of their bones. 1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 143 We were now indeed become perfect ichthyophagi. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. Introd. i. (1866) 2 Here, within a half-submerged territory, a race of wretched ichthyophagi dwelt upon terpen, or mounds. |