[1660–70; pisci- + -vorous]This word is first recorded in the period 1660–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ballet, interleave, mainstream, sketch, vocalize-vorous is a combining form meaning “eating, gaining sustenance from” that specified by theinitial element. Other words that use the affix -vorous include: frugivorous, graminivorous, panivorous, sanguivorous, seminivorous
Examples of 'piscivorous' in a sentence
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In general, herbivorous and piscivorous guilds were the most representative in both number and biomass.
Mayara P. Neves, Dirceu Baumgartner, Gilmar Baumgartner, Rosilene L. Delariva 2018, 'Do environmental variables predict the trophic structure of fish fauna in a subtropicalriver (Uruguay River Ecoregion)?', Journal of Limnologyhttps://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1738. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Individuals of migratory and non-migratory species, mainly piscivorous and detritus-scrapers were found.
Silvia López-Casas, Luz Fernanda Jiménez-Segura, Clara María Pérez-Gallego 2014, 'Peces migratorios al interior de una central hidroeléctrica: caso Miel I, cuenca delrío Magdalena (Caldas-Antioquia), Colombia', Biota Colombianahttp://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/318. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Striped bass were typically most piscivorous during summer and fall regardless of size.
Matthew L. Nobriga, Frederick Feyrer 2007, 'Shallow-Water Piscivore-Prey Dynamics in California's Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta',San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Sciencehttp://escholarship.org/uc/item/387603c0. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The relative importance of trophic guilds, considering abundance and taxonomic species richness, was: benthophagous>herbivorous>piscivorous.
Adriana López-Ordaz, Mario Ortaz, José G Rodriguez-Quintal 2009, 'Trama trófica de una comunidad de peces en una pradera marina en el Caribe Venezolano',Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442009000400006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)