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coprophagous

[ kuh-prof-uh-guhs ]

adjective

  1. feeding on dung, as certain beetles.


coprophagous

/ ɒˈɒəɡə /

adjective

  1. (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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·DZa· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of coprophagous1

First recorded in 1820–30; copro- + -phagous
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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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