necrophage

See also: nécrophage

English

Etymology

Composed by necro- +‎ -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekrós, “cadaver”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).

Noun

necrophage (plural necrophages)

1. An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.

Synonyms

• scavenger

Related terms

• necrophagian
• necrophagous
• necrophagy

Translations

organism

• Finnish: raadonsyöjä (fi)
• French: nécrophage (fr) m
• German: Nekrophage (de) m
• Italian: necrofago (it) m
• Polish: nekrofag (pl) m
• Portuguese: necrófago (pt) m
• Spanish: necrófago m