coprophagous

[ kuh-prof-uh-guh s ]

/ kəˈprɒf ə gəs /

adjective

feeding on dung, as certain beetles.

Nearby words

coprolite, coprolith, coprolitic, coprology, coproma, coprophagous, coprophagy, coprophilia, coprophilic, coprophilism, coprophilous

Origin of coprophagous

First recorded in 1820–30; copro- + -phagous

Related forms

cop·ro·pha·gi·a

[kop-ruh-fey-jee-uh, -juh] /ˌkɒp rəˈfeɪ dʒi ə, -dʒə/, nouncop·roph·a·gist

[kuh-prof-uh-jist] /kəˈprɒf ə dʒɪst/, nouncop·roph·a·gy, noun

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Examples from the Web for coprophagia

We regard them as almost insane, fortified in that belief by the undoubted fact that coprophagia is not uncommon among the insane.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for coprophagia

coprophagous

/ (kɒˈprɒfəɡəs) /

adjective

(esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung

Derived Forms

coprophagy, noun

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