English

Adjective

ichthyphagous ‎(comparative more ichthyphagous, superlative most ichthyphagous)

1. Alternative spelling of ichthyophagous
   • 1839, Lt. Thomas John Newbold, Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca, viz. Pinang, Malacca, and Singapore, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, volume II, chapter xv: “On the Wild Tribes of the Malay Peninsula”, page 414:

     Dr. Leyden entertained an opinion that the Battas of Sumatra were the Ichthyophagi of Herodotus; but I agree with Mr. Anderson in thinking this supposition fallacious, as the Battas do not inhabit the coasts, but are always found in the interior; rarely venturing down to the shore, and indulge, as we have seen, an appetite of a very different kind from any that could be designated simply ichthyphagous.

   • 1950, George Douglas Howard Cole (translator), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (author), The Social Contract and Discourses, Dutton, page 51:

     If, on its coasts, the sea washes nothing but almost inaccessible rocks, let it remain barbarous and ichthyphagous: it will have a quieter, perhaps a better, and certainly a happier life.

   • 1966, Second European Meeting on Wildfowl Conservation: Proceedings, page 109:

     With the creation of the large reserves in the Danube Delta, protective measures have taken on a more intensive character and have eliminated in part the causes of dwindling wildfowl stocks. They include campaigns to combat ichthyphagous birds, reed-burning, poaching, the catching of birds and nestlings, the collection and destruction of eggs, etc.

   • 2003, Didier Paugy, Christian Lévêque, and Guy G. Teugels (editors), The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of West Africa, Institut de recherche pour le développement, volume I, ISBN 9074752225 (10), ISBN 9789074752220 (13), unknown page:

     All species may be considered as more or less specialized entomophagous or ichthyphagous predators.