necrophagic

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adjective

Eating dead bodies.

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Meanings

adjectivenecrophagic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableEating dead bodies.

    When they are eating the remainders of their dead fathers, the girls perform all the elements of a necrophagic ritual.

    2012, Gabriele Schwab, Imaginary Ethnographies
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    Ravages of ‘demon claws and teeth’; corpses ‘mangled, chewed and clawed’. The necrophagic passion is very strong in Lovecraft.

    1975, Angela Carter, “The Hidden Child”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 546
  2. not comparablebiologyThat feeds on carrion.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
necrophagia

Origin

From necro- + -phagic.

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Translations

Italian necrofagico
  • necrofagicoTranslations
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APA

necrophagic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necrophagic

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Chicago

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