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coprophagous, a.|kɒˈprɒfəgəs|
[f. mod.L. coprophag-us, a. Gr. κοπροϕάγ-ος dung-eating (f. κόπρο-ς dung + -ϕαγος eating): see -ous.]
Feeding upon dung; said esp. of the dung-beetles.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlix. (1828) IV. 493 Coprophagous insects. 1849Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia III. 119 Extremely few coprophagous beetles have hitherto..been found in Australia. 1866Intell. Observer No. 56. 134.
So coˈprophagy, the eating of excrement.
1891J. G. Bourke Scatol. Rites v. 29 Observations upon the existence of coprophagy among insane persons. |