necrophagous

necrophagous
1. Living on carrion. 2. SYN: necrophilous. [necro- + G. phago, to eat]

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ne·croph·a·gous (nə-krofґə-gəs) [necro- + phag- + -ous] devouring or subsisting on dead bodies.

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