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Necrophagous
Ne-croph′a-gous
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] eating corpses;
νεκρόσ
a dead body + [GREEK] to eat: cf. F. nécrophage
.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the
Necrophaga
; eating carrion. See Necrophagan
.