Necrophage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.

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carrion feederscavenger

Etymology

Composed by necro- + -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekrós, “cadaver”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).

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