释义 |
piscivorous, a.|pɪˈsɪvərəs| [f. L. type *piscivor-us (f. pisci-s fish + -vorus devouring) + -ous: cf. mod.F. piscivore.] Fish-eating; subsisting on fish; ichthyophagous.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 155 Being generally Piscivorous. The Solan-goose kind. a1705Ray Creation (1714) 28 Which I have observed in many piscivorous birds. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. ii. (1857) 37 The piscivorous habits of the Cromarty folk. 1877Coues Fur Anim. x. 313 The..aquatic and highly piscivorous nature of the [otter]. |