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noun
Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, plural, plural-only
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From auto- (“by oneself”) + Latin -phagus (“eater”, plural -phagī). The attested Ancient Greek αὐτοφάγος (autophágos) would have meant "self-devouring, autophagous".
