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ichthyophagous

/ˌɪkθiˈɒfəɡəs/adjective

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मत्स्यभक्षी, मछली खाने वाला

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adjective
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    technical

    eating fish as food

    मत्स्यभक्षी, मछली खाने वाला

    • Kingfishers and otters are ichthyophagous.
    • The coastal tribes had a largely ichthyophagous diet.

    Synonyms piscivorous

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ichthyophagy noun
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Synonyms

piscivorous

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Living on fish is ichthyophagous or piscivorous, living on insects is insectivorous, and living on grass is graminivorous.

मछली खाकर जीने वाले को ichthyophagous या piscivorous, कीड़े खाने वाले को insectivorous, और घास खाने वाले को graminivorous कहते हैं।