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coprophagous
[ kuh-prof-uh-guhs ]
adjective
- feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
coprophagous
/ ɒˈɒəɡə /
adjective
- (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
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Derived Forms
- DZˈDZ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms
- DZ···· [kop-r, uh, -, fey, -jee-, uh, -j, uh], noun
- DZ·DZ·· [k, uh, -, prof, -, uh, -jist], noun
- DZ·DZa· noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of coprophagous1
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Example Sentences
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The moths’ caterpillars are coprophagous or, to put it more bluntly, consumers of excrement.
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He's drollest in his early scenes as the consummate loser with a coprophagous grin--a character perilously close to Rob Schneider's needy-nerdy copy-machine guy on Saturday Night Live years ago.
Associated words: coprophagy, coprophagous, Augean, dungmeer, excrementitious, sterconst, sterconcolous, stercoraceous, bubulin. dupe, n. gull, cully, gudgeon, dotterel, victim. duplicate, a. double, twofold, duplex.--n. facsimile, counterpart.
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