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saprophagy

noun

Etymology

From sapro- (“putrid, rotten matter”) + -phagy (“to feed on, consume”).

  1. learned borrowing from -φαγία
  2. formed as saprophagy — “sapro- + -phagy”

Definitions

  1. The eating of non-living organic material.

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