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ichthyophagous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ichthyophagous
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Feeding on fish.

Etymology

From ichthyophage + -ous or ichthyo- + -phagous.

Inflected Forms

more ichthyophagous (comparative) most ichthyophagous (superlative) ichthyphagous (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ichthyophagy

Synonyms

ichthyophagan ichthyophagian piscivorous

Questions

What does ichthyophagous mean?
Feeding on fish.
Where does ichthyophagous come from?
From ichthyophage + -ous or ichthyo- + -phagous.

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