fish eater

collocation in English

meaningsoffishandeater

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fish
noun
uk
/fɪʃ/us
/fɪʃ/
an animal that lives in water, is covered with scales, and breathes by taking water in through its mouth, or the flesh of these animals eaten ...
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eater
noun[C]
uk
/ˈiː.tər/us
/ˈiː.t̬ɚ/
someone who eats a particular amount or type of food, eats in a particular way, or has a particular attitude ...
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(Definition offishandeaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffish eater

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This species, unlike many large gulls, rarely scavenges, but is a specialistfisheater, and is therefore strictly coastal and pelagic.
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It is a specializedfisheater, feeding on small school fish such as sardines, anchovies, mackerel, and flying fish.
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It is a specialistfisheaterwhich hunts over lakes, lagoons, and large rivers.
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He is afisheater.
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This invisible and devastating fall-out during all these years, day and night, will radioactivate the sea, the fish, the fishermen, fish eaters and sea bathers.
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The dentition varied: the smallest species had teeth like modern fish eaters, and the largest were more like modern hyenas.
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They are specialist fish eaters using a strike and gape mode of feeding.
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Many coastal inhabitants are fish eaters.
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They are primarily fish eaters.
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The metastudy reported mortality ratios, where lower numbers indicated fewer deaths, for pescetarians (fish eaters) to be 0.82, vegetarians to be 0.84, occasional meat eaters to be 0.84.
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The metastudy reported mortality ratios, where lower numbers indicated fewer deaths, for fish eaters to be 0.82, vegetarians to be 0.84, occasional meat eaters to be 0.84.
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