Zoophagous
//zəʊˈɒfəɡəs// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 carnivorous not-comparable, rare
"A zoophagous insect."
Adjective
- 1 (of animals) carnivorous wordnet
Example
More examples"My homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoöphagous (life-eating) maniac; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way."
Etymology
zoo- + -phagous.
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