Saprophagous

2 definitions found

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

  Saprophagous \Sa*proph"a*gous\, a. (Zool.)
     Feeding on carrion.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  saprophagous
       adj : (of certain animals) feeding  on dead or decaying animal
             matter [syn: {saprozoic}]