# ichthyophage

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. That which consumes fish; any fish-eating thing or (more rarely) person.
2. Anglicisation of Ichthyophagi

## Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἰχθυοφάγος (ikhthuophágos, “fish-eating”), and substantivised as a plurale tantum proper noun: “the Fish-eaters, the Ichthyophagi”; reinforced in the general sense (“that which consumes fish”) by the English ichthyo- (“fish”) + -phage (“eater”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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