sarcophagic

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adjective

Meat-eating.

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carnivorousstercophagic
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Meanings

adjectivesarcophagic (comparative more sarcophagic, superlative most sarcophagic)

comparative more sarcophagic · superlative most sarcophagic

  1. Meat-eating.

    At all events, the sarcophagic and stercophagic insects are attracted to their food chiefly, if not entirely, by odour.

    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

    Synonyms: carnivorous, stercophagic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMeat-eating.

Similar
carnivorousstercophagic
Also see
carnivoroussarcophagous

Origin

From sarco- + -phagic.

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APA

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

MLA

“sarcophagic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sarcophagic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sarcophagic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sarcophagic.

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