Usually means: Organism that feeds on decay.
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  1. saprophagan: Merriam-Webster
  2. saprophagan: Wordnik
  3. saprophagan: Wiktionary
  4. Saprophagan, saprophagan: Dictionary.com
  5. Saprophagan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. saprophagan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Saprophagan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. saprophagan: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Saprophagan: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (zoology, archaic) a detritivore

Similar:
saprophage, saprophile, coprophile, saprobe, necrophage, saprovore, saprophyte, saprotroph, mycophagist, coprophagy, more...

Opposite:
carnivore, predator, scavenger

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Similar:
saprophage, saprophile, coprophile, saprobe, necrophage, saprovore, saprophyte, saprotroph, mycophagist, coprophagy, more...

Opposite:
carnivore, predator, scavenger



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