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Portuguese
Etymology
From necro- + -fago.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ne‧cró‧fa‧go
Noun
necrófago m (plural necrófagos, feminine necrófaga, feminine plural necrófagas)
- (biology) necrophage (organism that eats dead or decaying flesh)
Adjective
necrófago (feminine necrófaga, masculine plural necrófagos, feminine plural necrófagas)
- (biology) necrophagous (that eats dead or decaying flesh)
Spanish
Etymology
From necro- + -fago.
Noun
necrófago m (plural necrófagos, feminine necrófaga, feminine plural necrófagas)
- (biology) necrophage (organism that eats dead or decaying flesh)
Adjective
necrófago (feminine necrófaga, masculine plural necrófagos, feminine plural necrófagas)
- (biology) necrophagous (that eats dead or decaying flesh)
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