Usually means: Feeds on flesh; flesh-eating.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. sarcophagous: Merriam-Webster
  2. sarcophagous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sarcophagous: Wordnik
  4. sarcophagous: Wiktionary
  5. sarcophagous: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. sarcophagous: Dictionary.com
  7. Sarcophagous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. sarcophagous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Sarcophagous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. sarcophagous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. sarcophagous: FreeDictionary.org
  12. sarcophagous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. Sarcophagous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sarcophagous)

▸ adjective:  (zoology) Feeding on flesh; carnivorous.
▸ adjective:  (zoology, rare) Relating to genus Sarcophaga or its members.

Similar:
sarcophagic, sarconecrophagous, necrophagous, carnivorous, zoöphagous, flesh-eating, creophagous, zoophagic, carnivoran, scolecophagous, more...

Opposite:
necrophobic, necrophilic, necrophilous

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Similar:
sarcophagic, sarconecrophagous, necrophagous, carnivorous, zoöphagous, flesh-eating, creophagous, zoophagic, carnivoran, scolecophagous, more...

Opposite:
necrophobic, necrophilic, necrophilous



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