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saprophile, n. and a.|ˈsæprəʊfaɪl|
[f. Gr. σαπρός putrid + -ϕίλος loving: see -phile.]
a. A bacterium inhabiting putrid matter.
b. adj. Of bacteria: Found in putrid matter. So saˈprophilous a.
1882A. W. Blyth Foods 544 There are, however, certain animalcules..that specially point to sewage contamination. This class have been called ‘saprophiles’. 1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Saprophilous. 1900A. C. Jones tr. A. Fischer's Struct. Bacteria 49 Such bacteria may be termed saprophile.
fig.1934S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 67 A little saprophile of an anonymous politico-ploughboy setting him off. |