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NECROPHAGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does necrophagy mean?
• NECROPHAGY (noun)
The noun NECROPHAGY has 1 sense:
1. feeding on corpses or carrion
Familiarity information: NECROPHAGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeding on corpses or carrion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
necrophagia; necrophagy
Hypernyms ("necrophagy" is a kind of...):
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