Saprozoic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
  2. 2
    saprophagous
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
saprophagoussaprophagous

Etymology

From sapro- + -zoic.

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