English Explanatory Dictionary

coprophile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of coprophil.
  2. A feces-loving organism.
  3. An organism (typically microorganisms and fungi) living off or growing in dung or other fecal matter.

Word forms

coprophile coprophiles

Etymology

From copro- (“dung”) + -phile (“loving”).

Related words

coprophagist coprophiliac coprophilic coprophilous
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