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detrivorous

detrivorous is the alternative form of detritivorous.

Meaning of detritivorous

Adjective

detritivorous (comparative more detritivorous, superlative most detritivorous)

  1. That feeds on detritus.
    Synonyms:
    saprophagous

Questions about detrivorous

What is detrivorous the alternative form of?
Detrivorous is the alternative form of detritivorous.

Words near detrivorous in the dictionary

  1. detritylated
  2. detritylation
  3. detritylations
  4. detrivore
  5. detrivores
  6. detrivorous
  7. detrivory
  8. Detroit
  9. Detroit City
  10. Detroit Lakes
  11. Detroit River

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detrivorous (page history and authors); detritivorous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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