zoophagy
The feeding on animalsThe feeding on animals.
Meaning
1 senses(rare, uncountable)The feeding on animals.
More definitions
- The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From zoo- (“relating to animals”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).From zoo- (“relating to animals”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.:carnivorousness
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedphytozoophagy
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable