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单词 piscivorous
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Definition of piscivorous in English:

piscivorous

adjective pɪˈsɪv(ə)rəspəˈsɪvərəs
Zoology
  • (of an animal) feeding on fish.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As would be assumed with juvenile or young fish, some predation could occur from piscivorous birds.
    • The Yarra River is a large slow-moving stream that empties into the Caribbean Sea and contains many large piscivorous predators.
    • The bulk of their diet is made up of crustaceans and molluscs, larger fish become more piscivorous, feeding upon herring and sand eels.
    • Because of their feeding habitats, pelicans and other piscivorous birds usually don't contract avian botulism.
    • This stream contains a diverse community of fishes, including the piscivorous cichlid fish, Petenia splendida.
    • Those effects are exacerbated in piscivorous species, because of the tendency of PCBs to biomagnify at upper trophic levels.

Derivatives

  • piscivore

  • noun
    Zoology
    • Malapterurus electricus is a voracious piscivore, hunting and stunning its prey using its paralyzing electrical organ discharge.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For now, we use a mean value for other avian piscivores, though we are completing balance trials on captive loons.
      • Adult beluga sturgeon are mainly piscivores, swimming at middle depths and preying mostly on pelagic fish species.
      • It is a piscivore that is cryptically silver-colored and optimized for speed and prey capture.
      • As they mature, their foraging patterns shift and the fish become opportunistic piscivores.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin piscis 'fish' + -vorous.

 
 

Definition of piscivorous in US English:

piscivorous

adjectivepəˈsɪvərəspəˈsivərəs
Zoology
  • (of an animal) feeding on fish.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As would be assumed with juvenile or young fish, some predation could occur from piscivorous birds.
    • The bulk of their diet is made up of crustaceans and molluscs, larger fish become more piscivorous, feeding upon herring and sand eels.
    • Because of their feeding habitats, pelicans and other piscivorous birds usually don't contract avian botulism.
    • The Yarra River is a large slow-moving stream that empties into the Caribbean Sea and contains many large piscivorous predators.
    • This stream contains a diverse community of fishes, including the piscivorous cichlid fish, Petenia splendida.
    • Those effects are exacerbated in piscivorous species, because of the tendency of PCBs to biomagnify at upper trophic levels.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin piscis ‘fish’ + -vorous.

 
 
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