noun
Meaning 1
An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carrion feeder
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
necrophage
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History
Etymology
Composed by necro- + -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekrós, “cadaver”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: raadonsyöjä — organism
- French: nécrophage — organism
- German: Nekrophage — organism
- German: Aasfresser — organism
- Italian: necrofago — organism
- Polish: nekrofag — organism
- Portuguese: necrófago — organism
- Spanish: necrófago — organism