autophagi

English

Etymology

From auto- (“by oneself”) + Latin -phagus (“eater”, plural -phagī). The attested Ancient Greek αὐτοφάγος (autophágos) would have meant "self-devouring, autophagous".

Noun

autophagi pl (plural only)

1. (zoology, obsolete) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.

Coordinate terms

• insessores

References

“autophagi”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.