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
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.