rypophagous

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rypophagous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rypophagous \Ry*poph"a*gous\ (r[-i]*p[o^]f"[.a]*g[u^]s), a. [Gr.
     "ry`pos filth + fagei^n to eat.] (Zool.)
     Eating, or subsisting on, filth.
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