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English
Etymology
From necro- + -phagic.
Adjective
necrophagic (not comparable)
- Eating dead bodies.
1975, Angela Carter, “The Hidden Child”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 546:Ravages of ‘demon claws and teeth’; corpses ‘mangled, chewed and clawed’. The necrophagic passion is very strong in Lovecraft.
2012, Gabriele Schwab, Imaginary Ethnographies:When they are eating the remainders of their dead fathers, the girls perform all the elements of a necrophagic ritual.
- (biology) That feeds on carrion.
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