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coprophagous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈprɑfəɡəs/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From copro- + -phagous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Feeding on excrement.
    • In both civilized society as well as primitive communities coprophagous aphrodisiacs were in common use, urine, faeces of human beings and animals, fluids, intestinal organs. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 186:
    • Hail the coprophagous and cannibalistic Long for the flesh, compelled to eat shit 2024, “A Visceral Retch”, in Phil Bozeman (lyrics), Hymns in Dissonance (deathcore), performed by Whitechapel:

Deriveds

copronecrophagous · autocoprophagous · coprophagous grin

Relateds

coprophage · coprophagy · coprophagia

Synonyms

scatophagous · scatophagian

Translations (8)

es coprófago (Translations) · pt coprófago (Translations) · it coprofago (Translations) · fr coprophage (Translations) · et koprofaagne (Translations) · de kotfressend (Translations) · ca copròfag (Translations) · sv koprofag (Translations)