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stercophagic

stercophagic adjective: dung-eating.

Adjective

stercophagic (comparative more stercophagic, superlative most stercophagic)

  1. Dung-eating.
    • At all events, the sarcophagic and stercophagic insects are attracted to their food chiefly, if not entirely, by odour.1923, Dan McKenzie, “Sense of Olfaction in Lower Animals”, in Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells, William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., pages 28–29

Synonyms of stercophagic

Forms of stercophagic

comparativemore stercophagic
superlativemost stercophagic

Origin of stercophagic

From sterco- + -phagic.

Questions about stercophagic

What does stercophagic mean?
Stercophagic means dung-eating.
What part of speech is stercophagic?
Stercophagic is an adjective.

Words near stercophagic in the dictionary

  1. stercomare
  2. stercomares
  3. stercomata
  4. stercome
  5. stercomes
  6. stercophagic
  7. stercophagous
  8. stercoraceous
  9. stercoral
  10. stercoral pocket
  11. stercoral pockets

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