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necrophagic

necrophagic adjective: eating dead bodies.

Adjective

necrophagic (not comparable)

  1. Eating dead bodies.
    • Ravages of ‘demon claws and teeth’; corpses ‘mangled, chewed and clawed’. The necrophagic passion is very strong in Lovecraft.1975, Angela Carter, “The Hidden Child”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 546
    • When they are eating the remainders of their dead fathers, the girls perform all the elements of a necrophagic ritual.2012, Gabriele Schwab, Imaginary Ethnographies
  2. That feeds on carrion.

Origin of necrophagic

From necro- + -phagic.

Questions about necrophagic

What does necrophagic mean?
Necrophagic means eating dead bodies.
What part of speech is necrophagic?
Necrophagic is an adjective.

Words near necrophagic in the dictionary

  1. necrophagans
  2. necrophage
  3. necrophages
  4. necrophagia
  5. necrophagian
  6. necrophagic
  7. necrophagous
  8. necrophagy
  9. necrophile
  10. necrophiles
  11. necrophilia

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