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coprophagous
[kuh-prof-uh-guhs]
adjective
feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
coprophagous
/ ɒˈɒəɡə /
adjective
(esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
Other 51Թ Forms
- coprophagia noun
- coprophagist noun
- coprophagy noun
- DZˈDZ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of coprophagous1
Example Sentences
The moths’ caterpillars are coprophagous or, to put it more bluntly, consumers of excrement.
He's drollest in his early scenes as the consummate loser with a coprophagous grin--a character perilously close to Rob Schneider's needy-nerdy copy-machine guy on Saturday Night Live years ago.
Associated words: coprophagy, coprophagous, Augean, dungmeer, excrementitious, sterconst, sterconcolous, stercoraceous, bubulin. dupe, n. gull, cully, gudgeon, dotterel, victim. duplicate, a. double, twofold, duplex.--n. facsimile, counterpart.
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