saprophagous

2 definitions found

saprophagous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Saprophagous \Sa*proph"a*gous\, a. (Zool.)
     Feeding on carrion.
     [1913 Webster]

saprophagous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  saprophagous
      adj 1: (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal
             matter [syn: saprophagous, saprozoic]