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sarcophagic

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English

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Etymology

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From sarco- +‎ -phagic.

Adjective

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sarcophagic (comparative more sarcophagic, superlative most sarcophagic)

  1. Meat-eating.
    • 1923, Dan McKenzie, “Sense of Olfaction in Lower Animals”, in Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells, William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., pages 28–29:
      At all events, the sarcophagic and stercophagic insects are attracted to their food chiefly, if not entirely, by odour.

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