piscivorousadj.

Brit.

/pɪˈsɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/pəˈsɪv(ə)rəs/

Forms: 1600s– piscivorous, 1800s pisciverous.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pisci- comb. form, -vorous comb. form.

Etymology: < pisci- comb. form + -vorous comb. form.

Fish-eating, ichthyophagous. Also: (of diet) consisting of fish.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating fish

fish-fed1614

piscivorous1661

ichthyophagous1828

fish-eating1835

fish-feeding1835

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia sig. * 5^v Aquatick palmipedes..which are either, piscivorous, or feeding upon fish..or herbivorous, eating grasse or plants.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 155 Being generally Piscivorous. The Solan-goose kind.

1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 29 Which I have observ'd in many..Piscivorous Birds.

1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork II. iv. 338 The Bittern... Water-fowl not Piscivorous, with very long slender streight bills.

1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders I. 202 Among the piscivorous tribes, are those well known in Europe under the appellations of snapper, tench, haddocks, pollock, salmon, gurnets.

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters ii. 35 The pisciverous habits of the Cromarty folk.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 670/1 In piscivorous birds and mammals, the gut is very long.

1951 Evolution 5 345/1 The mosasaurs and Hesperornis show similarities in several other features, all of which may be related to their aquatic habitat and presumably piscivorous diet.

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xxiv. 435/2 A typical trophic cascade involves piscivorous fishes..feeding on zooplanktivorous fishes..which feed on herbivorous zooplankton, which eat phytoplankton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piscivorous
释义	piscivorousadj. Brit. /pɪˈsɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /pəˈsɪv(ə)rəs/ Forms: 1600s– piscivorous, 1800s pisciverous. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pisci- comb. form, -vorous comb. form. Etymology: < pisci- comb. form + -vorous comb. form. Fish-eating, ichthyophagous. Also: (of diet) consisting of fish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating fish fish-fed1614 piscivorous1661 ichthyophagous1828 fish-eating1835 fish-feeding1835 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia sig. * 5^v Aquatick palmipedes..which are either, piscivorous, or feeding upon fish..or herbivorous, eating grasse or plants. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 155 Being generally Piscivorous. The Solan-goose kind. 1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 29 Which I have observ'd in many..Piscivorous Birds. 1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork II. iv. 338 The Bittern... Water-fowl not Piscivorous, with very long slender streight bills. 1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders I. 202 Among the piscivorous tribes, are those well known in Europe under the appellations of snapper, tench, haddocks, pollock, salmon, gurnets. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters ii. 35 The pisciverous habits of the Cromarty folk. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 670/1 In piscivorous birds and mammals, the gut is very long. 1951 Evolution 5 345/1 The mosasaurs and Hesperornis show similarities in several other features, all of which may be related to their aquatic habitat and presumably piscivorous diet. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xxiv. 435/2 A typical trophic cascade involves piscivorous fishes..feeding on zooplanktivorous fishes..which feed on herbivorous zooplankton, which eat phytoplankton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1661
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