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saprophage

saprophage noun: a detritivore.

Noun

saprophage (plural saprophages)

  1. A detritivore.
  2. A degenerate person; a wastrel.

saprophage meaning in Kannada

saprophage in Kannada

ಕೊಳೆಭಕ್ಷಕ, ಪೂತಿಭಕ್ಷಕ

Forms of saprophage

pluralsaprophages

Origin of saprophage

From sapro- + -phage.

Words formed from saprophage

Questions about saprophage

What does saprophage mean?
Saprophage means a detritivore.
What is saprophage in Kannada?
Saprophage in Kannada is ಕೊಳೆಭಕ್ಷಕ, ಪೂತಿಭಕ್ಷಕ. See Saprophage meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is saprophage?
Saprophage is a noun.
What is the plural of saprophage?
The plural of saprophage is saprophages.

Words near saprophage in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saprophage (page history and authors); saprophage (Kannada 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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