adjective
- feeding on fish; eating fish as the primary diet
Usage: formal or scientific usage
Examples
- Herons are piscivorous birds that hunt in shallow waters.
- The piscivorous diet of otters makes them important predators in freshwater ecosystems.
- Many piscivorous fish species have sharp teeth adapted for gripping slippery prey.
- Cormorants are highly piscivorous seabirds found on coastlines worldwide.
- The crocodile is a piscivorous reptile that also hunts larger animals.