Usually means: Feeds on dead organic matter.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word necrophagous:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. necrophagous: Merriam-Webster
  2. necrophagous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. necrophagous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. necrophagous: Wordnik
  5. necrophagous: Wiktionary
  6. Necrophagous, necrophagous: Dictionary.com
  7. Necrophagous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Necrophagous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. necrophagous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Necrophagous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. necrophagous: FreeDictionary.org
  12. necrophagous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. necrophagous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. necrophagous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. necrophagous: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (necrophagous)

▸ adjective:  That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.

Similar:
sarconecrophagous, necrophoric, flesh-eating, creophagous, sarcophagous, carnivorous, coprophagic, androphagous, sarcophagic, scolecophagous, more...

Opposite:
necrophobic, necrophilic, necrolatrous

Types:
vultures, hyenas, scavenger beetles, raccoons, crows, coyotes, foxes, sharks, crabs, more...

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Similar:
sarconecrophagous, necrophoric, flesh-eating, creophagous, sarcophagous, carnivorous, coprophagic, androphagous, sarcophagic, scolecophagous, more...

Opposite:
necrophobic, necrophilic, necrolatrous

Types:
vultures, hyenas, scavenger beetles, raccoons, crows, coyotes, foxes, sharks, crabs, more...



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