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placentophagous

placentophagous adjective: feeding on the placenta.

Adjective

placentophagous (not comparable)

  1. feeding on the placenta

Questions about placentophagous

What does placentophagous mean?
Placentophagous means feeding on the placenta.
What part of speech is placentophagous?
Placentophagous is an adjective.

Words near placentophagous in the dictionary

  1. placentomes
  2. placentomic
  3. placentone
  4. placentophagia
  5. placentophagic
  6. placentophagous
  7. placentophagy
  8. placentopoiesis
  9. placentoside
  10. placentotrophic
  11. placentotrophy

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