necrophage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.

Word forms

necrophage necrophages

Etymology

Composed by necro- + -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekrós, “cadaver”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).

Synonyms

carrion feeder
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