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necrophage

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from νεκροφάγος

Definitions

  1. An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.

The neighborhood

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