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rypophagous

rypophagous adjective: eating filth.

Adjective

rypophagous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Eating filth.
    • rypophagous beetles

Origin of rypophagous

From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -phagous.

Questions about rypophagous

What does rypophagous mean?
Rypophagous means eating filth.
What part of speech is rypophagous?
Rypophagous is an adjective.

Words near rypophagous in the dictionary

  1. rype
  2. rypeck
  3. rypecks
  4. rypes
  5. Rypien
  6. rypophagous
  7. RYR
  8. Ryrie
  9. Ryries
  10. Ryser
  11. Rysers

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