English Explanatory Dictionary

coprophagy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or an instance of eating feces.

Word forms

coprophagy coprophagia

Etymology

From copro- (“excrement”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Synonyms

scatophagy

Related words

allocoprophagy autocoprophagy coprophagan coprophagic coprophagist coprophagous caecotrophy proctophagy reingestion
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