necrophage
necrophage · necrophages
Nekrophage, Aasfresser
An animal that eats dead and decaying fleshAn animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.
Meaning
1 sensesAn animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.
Nekrophage, Aasfresser
Translations
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Origin
Composed by necro- + -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekComposed by necro- + -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekrós, “cadaver”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).
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Forms
plural: necrophages| Singular | necrophage |
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Synonyms
1 synonymscarrion feeder