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Rypophagous

Rypophagous \Ry*poph"a*gous\ (r[-i]*p[o^]f"[.a]*g[u^]s), a. [Gr. "ry`pos filth + fagei^n to eat.] (Zo["o]l.) Eating, or subsisting on, filth.

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rypophagous

a. (context archaic zoology English) Eating filth.