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creophagous

creophagous adjective: flesh-eating.

Adjective

creophagous (not comparable)

  1. Flesh-eating.

Synonyms of creophagous

Origin of creophagous

By surface analysis, creo- + -phagous.

Questions about creophagous

What does creophagous mean?
Creophagous means flesh-eating.
What part of speech is creophagous?
Creophagous is an adjective.

Words near creophagous in the dictionary

  1. Creonic
  2. creophage
  3. creophagia
  4. creophagist
  5. creophagists
  6. creophagous
  7. creophagy
  8. creos
  9. creosol
  10. creosols
  11. creosote

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