Necrophagous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Necrophagous \Ne*croph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. ? eating corpses;
     nekro`s a dead body + ? to eat: cf. F. n['e]crophage.]
     (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to the {Necrophaga}; eating carrion. See
     {Necrophagan}.
     [1913 Webster]