zoophagous

[ zoh-of-uh-guhs ]

adjective

Origin of zoophagous

1
First recorded in 1825–35; zoo- + -phagous

Words Nearby zoophagous

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How to use zoophagous in a sentence

  • Stay; he is himself zoophagous, and in his wild ravings outside the chapel door of the deserted house he always spoke of “master.”

    Dracula | Bram Stoker

British Dictionary definitions for zoophagous

zoophagous

/ (zəʊˈɒfəɡəs) /


adjective
  1. feeding on animals

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