saprophagous en · ADJ
Etymology
From sapro- (“putrid, rotten matter”) + -phagous (“eating, feeding on”).
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter.
Deriveds
Relateds
saprophage · saprophagan · detritivore · saprophagy
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From sapro- (“putrid, rotten matter”) + -phagous (“eating, feeding on”).
saprophage · saprophagan · detritivore · saprophagy