Necrophagy

//nɛˈkɹɒfəd͡ʒi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh uncountable
  2. 2
    feeding on corpses or carrion wordnet

Synonyms

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necrophagianecrophagia

Etymology

From necro- + -phagy.

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