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Webster 1913 Edition


Piscivorous

Pis-civ′o-rous

,
Adj.
[L.
piscis
a fish +
vorare
to devour: cf. F.
piscivore
.]
(Zool.)
Feeding or subsisting on fish.

Webster 1828 Edition


Piscivorous

PISCIV'OROUS

,
Adj.
[L. piscis, a fish,and voro, to eat.]
Feeding or subsisting on fishes. Many species of aquatic fowls are piscivorous.

Definition 2024


piscivorous

piscivorous

English

Adjective

piscivorous (comparative more piscivorous, superlative most piscivorous)

  1. (chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating

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