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saprophilous

saprophilous adjective: thriving on dead or decaying matter.

Adjective

saprophilous (not comparable)

  1. Thriving on dead or decaying matter.

Origin of saprophilous

From sapro- + -philous.

Questions about saprophilous

What does saprophilous mean?
Saprophilous means thriving on dead or decaying matter.
What part of speech is saprophilous?
Saprophilous is an adjective.

Words near saprophilous in the dictionary

  1. saprophagic
  2. saprophagous
  3. saprophagy
  4. saprophile
  5. saprophiles
  6. saprophilous
  7. saprophytal
  8. saprophyte
  9. saprophytes
  10. saprophytic
  11. saprophytically

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