zoophagous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /zəʊˈɒfəɡəs/
- /zuːˈɒfəɡəs/
Etymology
zoo- + -phagous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) carnivorous
A zoophagous insect.
My homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoöphagous (life-eating) maniac; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way.
1897, Bram Stoker, chapter VI, in Dracula, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 67:
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it zoofago (carnivorous) · fr zoophage (carnivorous) · ca zoòfag (carnivorous) · es zoófago (carnivorous)