'Necrophagous' definitions:

Definition of 'Necrophagous'

From: GCIDE
  • Necrophagous \Ne*croph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. ? eating corpses; nekro`s a dead body + ? to eat: cf. F. n['e]crophage.] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan. [1913 Webster]