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English
Etymology
zoo- + -phagous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zəʊˈɒfəɡəs/, /zuːˈɒfəɡəs/
- Hyphenation: zo‧oph‧a‧gous
Adjective
zoophagous (not comparable)
- (zoology, rare) carnivorous
A zoophagous insect.
1897, Bram Stoker, chapter VI, in Dracula, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 67:My homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoöphagous (life-eating) maniac; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way.
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