Saprophagous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter wordnet
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From sapro- (“putrid, rotten matter”) + -phagous (“eating, feeding on”).