piscivorous
adapted to feeding on fish; fish-eating.
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How to use piscivorous in a sentence
In the true seals the dentition is strikingly piscivorous, the cheek teeth often having accessory cusps (fig. 86).
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe dentition is typically piscivorous, being adapted for seizing active slippery animals such as fish.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe same motion is, however, performed by some piscivorous birds, which are not provided with this particular bone.
Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. | John TimbsThe birds are chiefly piscivorous, and all are migratory, passing southwards on the approach of winter.
The Senses and The Mind | AnonymousThe water-moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorous) is dark chestnut-brown with darker markings.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. Kellogg
British Dictionary definitions for piscivorous
/ (pɪˈsɪvərəs) /
feeding on fish: piscivorous birds
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Scientific definitions for piscivorous
[ pĭ-sĭv′ər-əs, pī- ]
Habitually feeding on fish. Terns and cormorants are piscivorous birds.
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