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stercophagous

stercophagous adjective: dung-eating.

Adjective

stercophagous (comparative more stercophagous, superlative most stercophagous)

  1. Dung-eating.

Synonyms of stercophagous

Forms of stercophagous

comparativemore stercophagous
superlativemost stercophagous

Origin of stercophagous

From sterco- + -phagous.

Questions about stercophagous

What does stercophagous mean?
Stercophagous means dung-eating.
What part of speech is stercophagous?
Stercophagous is an adjective.

Words near stercophagous in the dictionary

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

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