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English
Etymology
From auto- (“by oneself”) + Latin -phagus (“eater”, plural -phagī). The attested Ancient Greek αὐτοφάγος (autophágos) would have meant "self-devouring, autophagous".
Noun
autophagi pl (plural only)
- (zoology, obsolete) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
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References
“autophagi”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.