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  1. saprophilous: Wordnik
  2. saprophilous: Wiktionary
  3. saprophilous: Dictionary.com
  4. saprophilous: Grandiloquent Dictionary

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  1. saprophilous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (saprophilous)

▸ adjective:  (biology) Thriving on dead or decaying matter.

Similar:
saprophagous, necrophilous, saprophagic, saprobic, saproxylophagous, sarcosaprophagous, saprophytophagous, detritophagous, detritivorous, coprophilous, more...

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saprophagous, necrophilous, saprophagic, saprobic, saproxylophagous, sarcosaprophagous, saprophytophagous, detritophagous, detritivorous, coprophilous, more...



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