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saprophagans

saprophagans is the plural of saprophagan.

Meaning of saprophagan

Noun

saprophagan (plural saprophagans)

  1. (archaic) a detritivore
    • Natural and sown haylands also differ in the trophic structure of the animal population, with phytophagans and saprophagans about evenly divided in sown legumes and saprophagans dominating in natural grass.1981, “Soviet geography: Volume 22”, in American Geographical Society of New York

Questions about saprophagans

What is saprophagans the plural of?
Saprophagans is the plural of saprophagan.

Words near saprophagans in the dictionary

  1. sapronosis
  2. sapropel
  3. sapropelic
  4. sapropels
  5. saprophagan
  6. saprophagans
  7. saprophage
  8. saprophages
  9. saprophagic
  10. saprophagous
  11. saprophagy

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