saprophilen.adj.
/ˈsaprəʊfʌɪl/ A. n.figurative.1934 S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 67 A little saprophile of an anonymous politico-ploughboy setting him off.
A bacterium inhabiting putrid matter.
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1882 A. W. Blyth Foods 544 There are, however, certain animalcules..that specially point to sewage contamination. This class have been called ‘saprophiles’.
B. adj.
Of bacteria: found in putrid matter.
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1900 A. C. Jones tr. A. Fischer Struct. & Functions Bacteria 49 Such bacteria may be termed saprophile.
Derivatives
saˈprophilous adj.
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1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Saprophilous.
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