scatophagous
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scatophagous — adj. [Gr. skatos, dung; phagein, to eat] Eating dung or excrement; merdivorous; coprophagous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
scatophagous — dung eating Feeding and Eating … Phrontistery dictionary
scatophagous — adj. feeding on feces or dung, coprophagous (Zoology) … English contemporary dictionary
scatophagous — sca·toph·a·gous … English syllables
scatophagous — One who eats excrement … Grandiloquent dictionary
scatophagous — /skæˈtɒfəgəs/ (say ska tofuhguhs) adjective feeding on excrement, as a beetle or fly. {scato + phagous} …
scatophagous — adj. feeding on dung. Etymology: as SCATOLOGY + Gk phagos eating … Useful english dictionary
scatophage — (ˈskætəʊfeɪdʒ) [ad. mod.L. scatophag us, a. Gr. σκατοϕάγος: see scatophagous a. Cf. F. scatophage adj.] A scatophagous insect or animal; esp. a dung fly. In recent Dicts … Useful english dictionary
coprophagous — adj. [Gr. kopros, dung; phagein, to eat] Feeding upon feces; scatophagous; merdivorous; coprophagy n … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
merdivorous — see scatophagous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
