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sarcophagal

adj

Etymology

From sarcophagus + -al.

  1. borrowed from sarcophagī
  2. derived from *bʰeh₂g-✻ — “to allot, distribute; to divide”
  3. derived from *twerḱ-✻ — “to carve; to cut off, trim”
  4. derived from σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος — “sarcophagus; flesh-eating, carnivorous”
  5. borrowed from sarcophagus — “grave; sarcophagus; flesh-eating, carnivorous”
  6. suffixed as sarcophagal — “sarcophagus + al”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or suggesting a sarcophagus.

  2. Feeding on flesh

    Feeding on flesh; sarcophagous.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA