Meanings
comparative more scatophagous · superlative most scatophagous
- Synonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement.
Synonyms: coprophagous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσκατοφάγος
- New Latinscatophagus
- Englishscatophagous
From New Latin scatophagus, from Ancient Greek σκατοφάγος (skatophágos), from σκατο- (skato-, “shit”) and φάγος (phágos, “eating”), from φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “to eat”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, forming adjectives). Equivalent to scato- + -phagous.
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