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Italian
Etymology
From sapro- + -fago.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈprɔ.fa.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -ɔfaɡo
- Hyphenation: sa‧prò‧fa‧go
Adjective
saprofago (feminine saprofaga, masculine plural saprofagi, feminine plural saprofaghe)
- (biology) saprophagous
Noun
saprofago m (plural saprofagi)
- scavenger
Further reading
- saprofago in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- saprofago in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- saprofago in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- sapròfago in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- sapròfago in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana