coprophagous

[ kuh-prof-uh-guhs ]

/ kəˈprɒf ə gəs /

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adjective

feeding on dung, as certain beetles.

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Origin of coprophagous

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

OTHER WORDS FROM coprophagous

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

How to use coprophagous in a sentence

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 coprophagous

coprophagous

/ (kɒˈprɒfəɡəs) /

adjective

(esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung

Derived forms of coprophagous

coprophagy, noun

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