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sarcophagans

sarcophagans is the plural of sarcophagan.

Meaning of sarcophagan

Noun

sarcophagan (plural sarcophagans)

  1. Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.
    • In the Sarcophagans, or flesh-eaters, as the name implies, the bristles on the antennæ are feathered.1841, Thaddeus William Harris, A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts: Injurious to Vegetation, volume 3, page 412

Questions about sarcophagans

What is sarcophagans the plural of?
Sarcophagans is the plural of sarcophagan.

Words near sarcophagans in the dictionary

  1. sarcopenia
  2. sarcopenias
  3. sarcopenic
  4. sarcophagal
  5. sarcophagan
  6. sarcophagans
  7. sarcophagi
  8. sarcophagic
  9. sarcophagid
  10. sarcophagids
  11. sarcophagine

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