Ichthyophagous means fish-eating or subsisting on fish. Ichthyophagous comes from the Greek word "ichthys" meaning "fish," the Greek word "phago" meaning "to eat," and the Latin word "osus" meaning "full of." Put the words together and you get "fish to eat full of."

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