necrophagic

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English

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Etymology

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From necro- +‎ -phagic.

Adjective

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necrophagic (not comparable)

  1. Eating dead bodies.
    • 1975, Angela Carter, “The Hidden Child”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 546:
      Ravages of ‘demon claws and teeth’; corpses ‘mangled, chewed and clawed’. The necrophagic passion is very strong in Lovecraft.
    • 2012, Gabriele Schwab, Imaginary Ethnographies:
      When they are eating the remainders of their dead fathers, the girls perform all the elements of a necrophagic ritual.
  2. (biology) That feeds on carrion.
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