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单词 creatophagous
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creatophagousadj.

Forms: 1800s creatophagous, 1800s kreatophagous.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek κρέατ- , κρέας , -phagous comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek κρέατ-, κρέας flesh (see creatic adj.) + -phagous comb. form. Compare French créatophage (1863–4 in Littré). Compare creophagous adj. N.E.D. (1893) gives the pronunciation as (krīˌătǫ·făgəs) /kriːəˈtɒfəɡəs/.
Obsolete. rare.
Flesh-eating, carnivorous; = creophagous adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh
flesh-eating1592
meat-eatingc1598
flesh-consuming1603
flesh-devouring1609
sarcophagal1614
sarcophagous1755
cannibalistic1827
creatophagous1850
creophagous1881
non-vegetarian1883
non-veggie1985
1850 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 6 407 If it were so, the Guachos of South America, who are exclusively kreatophagous, must be rapidly killing themselves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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