Meanings
- not comparablerarebiologycarnivorous
A zoophagous insect.
1 more example
My homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoöphagous (life-eating) maniac; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way.
1897, Bram Stoker, chapter VI, in Dracula, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 67
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of animals) carnivorous
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan zoòfag
- zoòfagcarnivorous
French zoophage
- zoophagecarnivorous
Italian zoofago
- zoofagocarnivorous
Spanish zoófago
- zoófagocarnivorous
Cite this entry
zoophagous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoophagous
“zoophagous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoophagous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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