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English
Etymology
From New Latin scatophagus, from Ancient Greek σκατοφάγος (skatophágos), from σκατο- (skato-, “shit”) and φάγος (phágos, “eating”), from φᾰγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, forming adjectives). Equivalent to scato- + -phagous.
Adjective
scatophagous (comparative more scatophagous, superlative most scatophagous)
- Synonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement.
References
- "scatophagous, adj.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.