If, on its coasts, the sea washes nothing but almost inaccessible rocks, let it remain barbarous and ichthyophagous: it will have a quieter, perhaps a better, and certainly a happier life. From Wordnik.com. [The Social Contract] Reference
On the sea shore, and the banks of rivers, they invented the line and the hook, and became fishermen and ichthyophagous. From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind] Reference
Pliny and Diodorus Siculus have described the fish-bread of the ichthyophagous nations, that dwelt on the Persian Gulf and the shores of the Red Sea. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
FROM ROME TO GAUL is, considering the means of modern locomotion, no great way; but the ancient sumptuary laws of that kingdom give us little information regarding the ichthyophagous propensities of its inhabitants. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
In accordance with the nomenclature of Latham, the Eskimo may be spoken of as Hyperborean Mongolidæ of essentially carnivorous and ichthyophagous habits, who have not yet emerged from the hunting and fishing stage. From Wordnik.com. [The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants] Reference
May 18, 2009, 1:03 pm ichthyophagous says. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Climate Policy as Sausage Making:] Reference
June 15, 2009, 12:07 pm ichthyophagous says. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Peretz on the Cairo Speech:] Reference
September 20, 2009, 9:22 am ichthyophagous says. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Aldous Huxley:] Reference
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