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autophagi

autophagi noun: birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.

Noun

autophagi pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.

Origin of autophagi

From auto- (“by oneself”) + Latin -phagus (“eater”, plural -phagī). The attested Ancient Greek αὐτοφάγος (autophágos) would have meant "self-devouring, autophagous".

Questions about autophagi

What does autophagi mean?
Autophagi means birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
What part of speech is autophagi?
Autophagi is a noun.

Words near autophagi in the dictionary

  1. autoperpetuations
  2. autophagal
  3. autophagasome
  4. autophage
  5. autophages
  6. autophagi
  7. autophagia
  8. autophagic
  9. autophagical
  10. autophagically
  11. autophagies

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