Saprophagous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
saprophagous
    adj 1: (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal
           matter [syn: {saprophagous}, {saprozoic}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Saprophagous \Sa*proph"a*gous\, a. (Zool.)
   Feeding on carrion.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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