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zoophagy

zoophagy noun: the feeding on animals.

Noun

zoophagy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The feeding on animals.

Forms of zoophagy

alternative formzoöphagy

Origin of zoophagy

From zoo- (“relating to animals”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Words formed from zoophagy

Questions about zoophagy

What does zoophagy mean?
Zoophagy means the feeding on animals.
What part of speech is zoophagy?
Zoophagy is a noun.

Words near zoophagy in the dictionary

  1. zoophagia
  2. zoophagic
  3. zoophagist
  4. zoophagists
  5. zoophagous
  6. zoophagy
  7. zoopharmacognosy
  8. zoopharmacological
  9. zoopharmacology
  10. zoopharmacy
  11. zoophile

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