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necrophagy

/nɛˈkɹɒfəd͡ʒi/

necrophagy noun: the eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.

Noun

necrophagy (uncountable)

  1. The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh

necrophagy meaning in Urdu and Bengali

necrophagy in Urdu

لاشہ خوری, مردہ خوری

necrophagy in Bengali

মৃত, পচা প্রাণীর মাংস খাওয়া

Origin of necrophagy

From necro- + -phagy.

Words formed from necrophagy

Questions about necrophagy

What does necrophagy mean?
Necrophagy means the eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
What is necrophagy in Urdu?
Necrophagy in Urdu is لاشہ خوری, مردہ خوری. See Necrophagy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is necrophagy?
Necrophagy is a noun.
How do you pronounce necrophagy?
Necrophagy is pronounced /nɛˈkɹɒfəd͡ʒi/.

Words near necrophagy in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: necrophagy (page history and authors); necrophagy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); necrophagy (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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