Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Flesh-eating; carnivorous.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Flesh-eating; zoöphagous; carnivorous, as a marsupial; pertaining to the Sarcophaga: sometimes specifically contrasted with phytophagous or herbivorous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Feeding on flesh; carnivorous.

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Examples

  • Iranians bring flowers, then stand or kneel beside the sarcophagous and recite his poems.

    The Road to Esfahan 2008

  • Same with lignivorous/xylophagous, herbivorous/phytophagous, and of course carnivorous/sarcophagous.

    languagehat.com: VEGAN. 2005

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