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piscivorous

/pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
pis-civ-o-rous
IPA
/pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That feeds on fish; fish-eating.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piscivorus. By surface analysis, piscivore + -ous or pisci- + -vorous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more piscivorous (comparative) most piscivorous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

piscivore

Synonyms

ichthyophagous ichthyovorous pisciphagous

Rhymes With

carnivorous omnivorous herbivorous insectivorous frugivorous sanguinivorous oryzivorous graminivorous granivorous aurivorous baccivorous fungivorous

Questions

How do you pronounce piscivorous?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/.
What does piscivorous mean?
That feeds on fish; fish-eating.
Where does piscivorous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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