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necrophagous
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necrophagousadjective
That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
The body had been consumed by necrophagous insects.
Webster Dictionary
Necrophagousadjective
of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan
Etymology: [Gr. eating corpses; nekro`s a dead body + to eat: cf. F. ncrophage.]
Entomology
Necrophagous
living in or on carrion.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of necrophagous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of necrophagous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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