necrophagy
/nɪˈkrɒfədʒi/ /nɛˈkrɒfədʒi/Zoology and Ecology
noun
The condition of being necrophagous; the eating of dead bodies or decaying animal tissue.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Ecological Monographs. From necro- + -phagy, after necrophagous.
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