coprophagousadj.
/kɒˈprɒfəɡəs/, /kəˈprɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /kəˈprɑfəɡəs/ Feeding upon dung; said esp. of the dung beetles.
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the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > feeding on dung
coprophagous1826
scatophagous1891
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating excrement
coprophagous1826
coprophagic1906
shit-eating1979
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of family Scarabaeidae > feeding on dung
coprophagous1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlix. 493 Coprophagous insects.
1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 119 Extremely few coprophagous beetles have hitherto..been found in Australia.
1866 Intellectual Observer No. 56. 134.
Derivatives
coˈprophagy n. the eating of excrement.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > depraved appetite
pica1563
green sickness1596
malacia1656
pique1678
dirt-eating1817
geophagy1821
earth hunger1857
geophagia1863
coprophagy1891
parorexia1897
coprophagia1906
trichophagia1909
trichophagy1963
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating excrement
reingestion1859
coprophagy1891
coprophagia1906
refection1939
shit-eating1968
1891 J. G. Bourke Scatol. Rites v. 29 Observations upon the existence of coprophagy among insane persons.
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