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Definition of Saprophagous
1. Adjective. (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
Definition of Saprophagous
1. a. Feeding on carrion.
Definition of Saprophagous
1. Adjective. Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter ¹
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Definition of Saprophagous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Saprophagous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Saprophagous
Literary usage of Saprophagous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1840)
"It thus appears that the creo-saprophagous species diminish from the Poles to
the Equator in an infinitely more rapid manner than the ..."
2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"... have saprophagous larvas, living in the nests of several orders of birds: ...
(a) lower forms, the larvas of which are mainly saprophagous or ..."
3. Insects and Human Welfare: An Account of the More Important Relations of by Charles Thomas Brues (1920)
"18) that 48.2 per cent of these are phytophagous; that 16 per cent are
predatory,"feeding mainly on other insects; that 17.3 per cent are saprophagous, ..."
4. Insects and Human Welfare: An Account of the More Important Relations of by Charles Thomas Brues (1920)
"18) that 48.2 per cent of these are phytophagous; that 16 per cent are predatory,
feeding mainly on other insects; that 17.3 per cent are saprophagous, ..."
5. Insects and Human Welfare: An Account of the More Important Relations of by Charles Thomas Brues (1920)
"... feeding mainly on other insects; that 17.3 per cent are saprophagous, living
as scavengers; that 12 per cent are entomophagous parasites, developing in ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1852)
"The saprophagous Coleoptera, with the exception of Histeridae, are almost wanting;
and these latter are not in larger proportion than with us. ..."
7. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"... of saprophagous Hexapode are so called which have an oblong body, a distinct
thoracic shield, and a vent pipe is like minerals). A silicate of alumina, ..."
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